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The Lost Human Fossils of World War II

Pairing the science and storytelling of PBS Eons with an immersive, rich audio experience, the podcast conveys a sense of curiosity and wonder about the gripping tales of past life on Earth. Whether it be Pleistocene Los Angeles or Argentina in the Triassic Period, this show transports its audience through time and into the stories as they unfold.

The Lost Human Fossils of World War II

Eons: Mysteries of Deep Time Episode 7 | 54m 18s

Between 1927 and 1937, paleontologists excavated fossils from about 40 members of the species that today we call Homo erectus from a site in China known as Dragon Bone Hill. And then World War II broke out and the fossils were lost. In this episode, we trace their path as far as the historical record will take us and explore what might’ve happened to them after their last sighting,

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