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How a Mass Extinction Changed Our Brains

Join hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Gabriel Santos, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age.

How a Mass Extinction Changed Our Brains

Season 5 Episode 14 | 10m 42s | CC

During one of the most pivotal moments in our evolutionary story our brains actually shrank relative to our bodies.

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