Eons - Season 5 - Eps 30: The Fossil Record In Your Mouth
The hardened residue scraped off your teeth at the dentist is called your dental calculus, and your dental calculus is the only part of your body that actually fossilizes while you’re alive! And scientists have figured out how to study & trace the evolutionary history of these microbes over tens of millions of years.
About Eons
Title: Eons
First Air Date: 2017-06-26
Last Air Date: 2022-10-14
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 246
Network: PBS Digital Studios YouTube
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: PBS Digital Studios
Synopsis
Join hosts Hank Green, 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. The evolutionary history of mammals including humans and other modern species is explored with these amazing paleontology experts.
Cast
Kallie Moore
Self
Blake de Pastino
Self
Michelle Barboza-Ramirez
Self
