{"id":5016,"date":"2022-11-06T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2022-10-27T06:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T06:40:08","slug":"heres-5-picks-of-the-past-with-pbs-eons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/heres-5-picks-of-the-past-with-pbs-eons\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s 5 Picks of the Past With PBS Eons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It may not look like it at first glance, but YouTube has proven itself time and time again to be quite a useful resource for easily digestible and top-quality science content. This is made all the more apparent by the deluge of content creators out there that try their best to create legitimately well-researched videos for their subscribers and followers. One such channel is <em>PBS Eons<\/em>, a channel created back in 2017 that caters to viewers who like learning about the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, I don\u2019t mean \u201cpast\u201d as historical events some 50-70 years ago or whatnot; the timescales involved in this channel are far, <em>far<\/em> larger than what our history books cover. The channel focuses its content on prehistory\u2014geology, paleontology, evolutionary biology, you name it. If it\u2019s about the Earth\u2019s ancient past, chances are <em>PBS Eons<\/em> has made a video or two about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, we here at Modern Sciences appreciate their content all the same; it\u2019s perhaps one of the most direct representations of \u201cmodern\u201d sciences, after all. And if you need a little help with catching up to what they\u2019ve been up to, here are some of our previous features about <em>PBS Eons<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"all-about-megalodon-and-all-its-ancient-shark-relatives\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/all-about-megalodon-and-all-its-ancient-shark-relatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">All About Megalodon (And All Its Ancient Shark Relatives)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Megalodon (Definitely) Went Extinct\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTPcq2HczVY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m sure some of you have at least heard of the almost mythical sea creature: the <em>megalodon<\/em>, known as the largest shark that had ever swum Earth\u2019s oceans. Some argue, however, that we shouldn\u2019t be talking about this giant shark in the past tense. So\u2026 should we, or is there a lot of (really old) shark misinformation swimming around?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"the-story-of-dogs-and-how-humans-got-their-help\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/the-story-of-dogs-and-how-humans-got-their-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Story of Dogs (And How Humans Got Their Help)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nDt0HKSdRRw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you live with or near a four-footed bundle of fur and woof, then you have thousands of years of both evolution and natural cooperation to thank. As it turns out, \u201cman\u2019s best friend\u201d has been its best friend for many a millennium, and each side of the friendship has guided the evolution and adaptation of the other through the generations of both humans and dogs working together and cohabiting. Maybe thank your dog by giving them a treat or two?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"the-story-of-cats-and-how-we-figure-into-it\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/the-story-of-cats-and-how-we-figure-into-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Story of Cats (And How We Figure Into It)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CYPJzQppANo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s often said that humans didn\u2019t actually domesticate cats and that cats instead domesticated us. In a sense, it\u2019s actually not that far from the truth; cats may definitely seem less \u201ctame\u201d compared to their more canine counterparts in a family home. What\u2019s often omitted in this passage, however, is the fact that cats too have been around humans for thousands of years\u2014so much so that ancient cultures often revered them in some shape or form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"nature-just-cant-get-enough-of-its-crab-design-apparently\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/nature-just-cant-get-enough-of-its-crab-design-apparently\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nature Just Can\u2019t Get Enough of Its \u201cCrab\u201d Design, Apparently<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wvfR3XLXPvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The shape of a crab is pretty much unmistakable: a central body, several pairs of legs on each side, with some grabbing arms on the front. What\u2019s odd is that nature seems to really like this design\u2014so much so that it has basically reused the crab design several times over the course of natural history. Why does it seem to always go back to such a unique design?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"how-teeth-changed-the-evolution-game-and-why-some-animals-lost-them-anyway\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/how-teeth-changed-the-evolution-game-and-why-some-animals-lost-them-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">How Teeth Changed the Evolution Game (And Why Some Animals Lost Them Anyway)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IHMHPjPZIUI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Smile! What most of you have inside that mouth is an array of teeth that you use in various functions, from speech to mastication and even in facial expressions. Teeth seem like such a permanent fixture in a vast majority of the animal kingdom that it seems almost odd to think that we didn\u2019t always have them. 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