PBS
The Extinction That Never Happened
Natural history is full of living things that were long thought to have gone extinct only to show up again, alive and well. Paleontologists have a word for these kinds of organisms: They call them Lazarus taxa.
Cerebellum
Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - Why Do Humans Dominate The Earth?
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. This video looks at what...
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Ancient settlement destroyed by comet, research suggests
Impact from a comet around 12,800 years ago is believed to have wiped out a human settlement, according to new research published in Scientific Reports.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Science Now: Mass Extinction
A video narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson that explores what caused the Permian extinction, the mother of all extinctions, 250 million years ago? [13:14]
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #20: Earth Science
How did scientists figure out the age of the earth? Trace the history of Earth Science and the developments scientists made in determining the earth's geologic eras. Scientists asked such questions like, what's up with fossils? Are they...