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    Eons
            When We First Talked
                
                    
                        
                            Season 3
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 34
                        
                    
                
            
            
            The evolution of our ability to speak is its own epic saga and it’s worth pausing to appreciate that. It’s taken several million years to get to this moment where we can tell you about how it took several million years for us to get here.
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            What was Charles Darwin really obsessed with?
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Did you know ocean basins are reincarnated?
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            How did such a large predator survive?
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            How did the competition of spiders vs insects drive them both into the air?
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Why plate tectonics don't make sense.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Why was it the mammals who triumphed?
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            What do mountains reveal about primates?
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            When you take a deeper look at Pompeii, a different story could be told about the final moments.