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Submit Your Trivia Questions & Stump the Hosts! -

Test our hosts' knowledge of paleontology and natural history by submitting a trivia question to be read in an Eons episode! It could even be something you learned from Eons!

Submit your question here: https://forms.gle/KZR6pAhFSeVqGV4W6

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Eons 2024 Calendars Now Available!

If you mapped the entire span of Earth’s history from its formation to now onto a calendar year, the first humans wouldn’t appear until December 31st. In our 2024 calendar we’re making humans the main character, stretching our evolutionary journey out over 12 months. Start the year with the ancient apes of the Miocene epoch and end with one of the greatest decisions our species ever made: the domestication of the chili pepper.

Each month features a piece of paleo-art from one of ...

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Behind the Scenes

Video editing magic might make it look effortless, but our hosts work hard to get the delivery of each line just right! 

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Submit a trivia question to stump the hosts!

Test our hosts' knowledge at the end of each episode with a natural history or paleontology trivia question! 

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ICYMI: Eons National Fossil Day Livestream

In case you missed it this Wednesday, here's this year's Eons Fossil Day livestream! 

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See You Tomorrow!

We're excited to celebrate National Fossil Day with you tomorrow, October 11, at noon PT/3 pm ET on our YouTube channel! We'll be answering your questions, introducing our newest team member, and playing the Wheel of Deep Time! 

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Space Available in the Cenozoic Tier!

Do you want to see your name in the credits of Eons videos? It's your lucky day because there are spaces available in the Cenozoic tier! Your name will be listed in the end screen of each video for as long as you're a patron at this level! 

What to know: PBS requires names in credits to be full names, and not usernames. We will use your Patreon name, unless it's a username. If you have a username on Patreon, please message us with your full name. 

Thanks for being a...

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See you October 11th at 3 pm ET!

Save the Date: National Fossil Day is October 11th and we're celebrating with a livestream! Join us at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT as our hosts play The Wheel of Deep Time, answer your questions, and introduce the newest member of our team!

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Last chance to cast your vote!

Vote for your favorite Eons main characters to be included in our Fossil Day livestream! This form will close tonight 10/2 at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET!

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Fossil Day Eons Q&A

Submit a question about natural history and paleontology, or the process of creating Eons and we'll answer a few during our upcoming Fossil Day livestream! 

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National Fossil Day is coming up!

Eons will once again be hosting a Fossil Day livestream on YouTube. This year our hosts will be playing The Wheel of Deep Time, and we need your help! Fill out this form to vote for your top 5 main characters from Eons episodes and we'll incorporate the top voted ones into the game! 

Mark your calendars for October 11th at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT and join us for some fun and games! 

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This Barbie Is an Eons Host

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Stump the Hosts!

Test our hosts' knowledge of paleontology & natural history by submitting natural history/paleontology trivia questions for our hosts to answer! 

Questions can be about any aspect of natural history: paleontology, geology, biology, etc. (They could even be something you learned from an Eons episode!)

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Eons team on set

Here's our new Producer, Sarah, on set with Michelle. Our team is mostly remote, with team members all over the U.S. and even a few abroad! So it's always a great day when members of Team Eons can be together in the same place. 

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Patreon Refresh Reminder

Hey patrons! Just a quick reminder that our Patreon is getting some updates starting tomorrow!

These small changes will keep things fresh and exciting, as well as help our team continue to create the YouTube content you know and love. 

Please take note of the following changes that will take effect tomorrow:

Geology with Michelle!

Michelle is back with another awesome video sharing some fun facts about the geology in the Pacific Northwest. 

Exclusive videos from the Eons team like this one will be available to Patrons in the $10 Mesozoic tier and above starting Sept. 1.

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Patreon tier refresh!

All of us on the Eons team really appreciate the support of all of you here on Patreon – you are our people! We love getting to share some extra, fun perks with you here to show our thanks. As we know from studying deep time, change is a natural part of life, so we’re making some small changes to our Patreon tiers and perks to keep things fresh and exciting, as well as help our team continue to create the YouTube content you know and love.

Starting September 1, the following...

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New episode coming next week!

Here's a sneak peek of next week's episode. Make your guess as to what it will be about! 🤔

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BTS!

Here's a look behind the scenes of our recent video about Yellow Fever mosquitos! Have you watched the episode yet? What did you think? 


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Season 5 Bloopers: Kallie

Kallie was today years old when she learned how to pronounce "oyster." 

Also featured: Kallie's 'Victorian Man' impression. 

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Season 5 Bloopers: Blake

You might wish you could turn back time to a point before you heard Blake's Cher impression. 😆

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Season 5 Bloopers: Michelle

On set, things don't always go smoothly. Sometimes species names are really hard to pronounce, and you just need some more iced chai. 

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Giraffe Gaffe

Happy World Giraffe Day!🦒 

Here's a teensy sneak peek at season 6 wrapped up in a fun BTS story about that one time Kallie bought a giraffe shirt... 

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BTS of The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart

Here's a BTS peek at our recent episode about the Wallace Line. Darwin might be known as the father of natural selection, but Wallace is the father of biogeography: the study of the distribution of living things.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out the full video

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Submit Your Jokes!

Submit your paleo and natural history jokes through this form and you might hear your joke read in an episode of Eons! 

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Sneak peek!

This episode is going to be a good one! 😊🪶

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Sneak peek!

Michelle was recently in the studio filming! This clip is especially intriguing what do you think this episode is about?

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Behind the scenes!

The great thing about working on Eons is that there is always a new mystery to unravel about the deep past! 

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Human Evolutionary Genomics Interview

Eons Staff Writer Farhan Mitha interviewed Duke University PhD candidate Riley J. Mangan about human evolutionary genomics for today's new episode. As our gene-ious patrons, you get exclusive access to the full conversation! Enjoy!

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BTS: Genes

Here's a clip from the filming of an upcoming episode about genes. Where could we be going with this...?! You'll have to wait for the episode to find out!

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