Around 10,000 years ago, somewhere in Africa, a microscopic parasite made a huge leap. With a little help from a mosquito, it left its animal host - probably a gorilla - and found its way to a new host: us. Air Date : 11th-Jan-2022  Read More

The Snake Detection Hypothesis proposes that the ability to quickly spot and avoid snakes is deeply embedded in primates, including us - an evolutionary consequence of the danger snakes have posed to us over millions of years. Air Date : 19th-Jan-2022  Read More

We often think of dinosaurs as either preying on other dinos or mammals, or as plant-eaters -- but in ecosystems today, those aren’t the only two options. So why would we expect dinosaurs to have only been carnivores or herbivores, with the occasional omnivore thrown in the mix? Air Date : 27th-Jan-2022  Read More

As revolutionary as teeth were, they would go on to disappear in some groups of vertebrates. But why? Air Date : 8th-Feb-2022  Read More

Do our modern horses descend from just one domesticated population, or did it happen many times, in many places? Answering these questions has been tricky, as we’ve needed to bring together evidence from art, archaeology, and ancient DNA…Because, as it turns out, the history of humans and horses has been a pretty wild ride. Air Date : 16th-Feb-2022  Read More

Today, all mammals from humans to bats have five fingers or fewer. Yes, even whales, whose finger bones are hidden in their fins. Birds have four or fewer and amphibians get the best of both worlds, often having four digits on their “hands” and five on their “feet.” But no species of vertebrates have more than five digits, let alone eight! Air Date : 23rd-Feb-2022  Read More

There used to be SO MANY sharks...where did they go? Air Date : 2nd-Mar-2022  Read More

Dire wolves aren’t actually wolves but what they are might be even cooler. Air Date : 3rd-Mar-2022  Read More

Could humans survive during the Precambrian? Air Date : 4th-Mar-2022  Read More

Don’t be fooled by convergent evolution. Air Date : 7th-Mar-2022  Read More

Why do human knees suck? Air Date : 8th-Mar-2022  Read More

And it’s been reported that one of the geologists started it on purpose? Air Date : 10th-Mar-2022  Read More

The ecological niche of apex predators was empty on Hateg Island, waiting to be occupied by something large, mobile, and powerful enough to fill it. Air Date : 15th-Mar-2022  Read More

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Would you have survived the K-Pg Impact? Air Date : 18th-Mar-2022  Read More

A truly enormous ichthyosaur around the size of a modern sperm whale, reached its size within just a few million years of taking to the water - a blink of an eye in evolutionary time. Air Date : 22nd-Mar-2022  Read More

Thylacines are definitely extinct! Air Date : 25th-Mar-2022  Read More

Hyenas weren’t always able to eat bones. In fact, only a few million years ago, they lived very different lives. Air Date : 29th-Mar-2022  Read More

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The bird that evolved twice! Air Date : 4th-Apr-2022  Read More

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I will pass on the parasitic mind-controlling mushroom, thanks Air Date : 8th-Apr-2022  Read More

We tend to think that evolution only goes in one direction— toward getting bigger and more advanced. But that’s not always the case. This tiny, simple animal, the Myxozoans, (yes, animal!) evolved from something bigger and more complex. Air Date : 13th-Apr-2022  Read More

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While sour taste's original purpose was to warn vertebrates of danger, in a few animal groups, including us, its role has reversed. The taste of danger became something it was dangerous for us to avoid. Air Date : 20th-Apr-2022  Read More

Only a handful of Denisovan fossils have been identified. In the absence of actual body fossils, it’s impossible for us to reconstruct their morphology, right? Air Date : 27th-Apr-2022  Read More

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While we’ve been farming for around 10,000 to 12,000 years, the ancestors of ants have been doing it for around 60 million years. So when, and how, and why did ants start … farming? Air Date : 10th-May-2022  Read More