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When Did We Stop Being Naked? - Of course, the ancient Egyptians were probably not the first people to ever wear clothing, but we haven’t found any clothes older than the Tarkhan Dress. So how can we figure out when we first started wearing clothes? Well, it turns out that some of our best evidence for clothing in the past comes from a pretty unlikely - and kinda gross - place.

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When Did We Stop Being Naked?

How can we figure out when we first started wearing clothes?

Do Thunderbeasts Prove Giant Animals Are Inevitable?

From an evolutionary perspective, is bigger always better?

You're Living On An Ant Planet

How did ants take over the world?

That Time The Ocean Lost (Almost) All Its Oxygen

This is how our planet rescued itself from extreme conditions in the Cretaceous Period.

Did a Tsunami Swallow Part of Europe?

What happened to the piece of prime prehistoric real estate known as Doggerland?

We Helped Make Mosquitoes A Problem

About 6,000 years ago, a lone female mosquito buzzed through the lush savannah in Africa.

Why The Giraffe Got Its Neck

The giraffe's neck as made us reconsider our understanding of how evolution really works.

About Eons

Join hosts Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Kallie Moore, 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.