Tag: PBS
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PBS Eons: When We Left The Water (By Accident)
PBS Eons has a new episode. This one is about when tetrapods moved from the water onto land… It’s beginning to look like our success on land, and that of all tetrapods, from frogs to dogs to dinosaurs, was just a lucky side-effect of fish trying to stay fish.
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PBS Eons: That Time Sharks Got Weird
PBS Eons has a new episode. This one is about the “Age of Sharks” or should it be the “Age of Weird Sharks”. Long before the rise of the great whites and hammerheads we know today, sharks and their cartilaginous relatives ruled Earth’s oceans and rivers in astonishing variety. It was the golden age of…
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PBS NOVA: Human Origins
PBS NOVA has a new 5 part series running on their website and Youtube. The first episode is called “Human Origins”. Check it out! Trace the remarkable origin story of Homo sapiens and the crucial moments that shaped our species. Official website: https://to.pbs.org/46djrws | #novapbs Where do we come from? To find out, journey back…
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PBS: The Ancient Tribes That Settled the Americas
PBS and the first Americans… how did they get here and when? As early humans spread out across the world, their toughest challenge was colonizing the Americas because a huge ice sheet blocked the route. It has long been thought that the first Americans were Clovis people, who arrived 13,000 years ago. But an underwater…
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Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
Nature on PBS have posted quite a few of their videos to Youtube. "Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster" was just posted! Follow Sir David Attenborough and a team of forensic experts as they unearth the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known. Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster premieres on…
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Reminder: PBS Prehistoric Road Trip
PREHISTORIC ROAD TRIP is a new three-part series exploring prehistoric life across the western United States, premiering Wednesdays starting June 17-July 1 on PBS. Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent for the Field Museum is executive producer, host, and writer for the series, and spent 8 weeks on the road during the summer of 2019 filming at…
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PBS Prehistoric Road Trip
June 17, 2020 is the premier of “Prehistoric Road Trip”, which is a new show on PBS. The host is the Field Museum’s Chief Curiosity Correspondent, Emily Grassley. She is also the host of the Youtube channel “The Brain Scoop”. You can find previews and clips on the official web page. Don’t miss it!…
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PBS Announces a New, National WTTW Series, ‘Prehistoric Road Trip’
WTTW has a post which announces a new 3-part natural history series entitled “Prehistoric Road Trip”. The show is hosted by Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent at the Field Museum in Chicago. Emily is the host and creator of the popular YouTube series “The Brain Scoop“. The show will premier on PBS stations nationwide in…
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Scientist Zeresenay Alemseged: Someone to Know
Via EthioBlog: Ethiopian scientist Zeresenay (Zeray) Alemseged, who discovered the 3.3 million year old girl fossil called Selam in Ethiopia, is featured on PBS’s “Becoming Human” documentary which is being shown this week. Zeresenay is currently curator and chair of anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences and a world renowned paleontologist….
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Dr. Grande and Anna Huntley of Field Museum discuss The Nature of Diamonds and Grainger Hall of Gems. Chicago Tonight: 7 pm Mon. Chnl 11
Dr. Grande and Anna Huntley of Field Museum discuss The Nature of Diamonds and Grainger Hall of Gems. Chicago Tonight: 7 pm Mon. Chnl 11
