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Eons Podcast

What Did The Past Sound Like?

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.

What Did The Past Sound Like?

Eons: Mysteries of Deep Time Episode 8 | 17m 43s

How do we start to reconstruct the soundscapes of the past? Using modern environments, living representatives of ancient groups, and fossil anatomy, paleontologists have attempted to figure out what the past sounded like. And so far we’ve found the lead singers change, but the backup singers remain familiar.

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