How The Elephant Got Its Trunk

What led to the creation of the trunk?

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How The Elephant Got Its Trunk Eons

Premiered September 10, 2024

How The Elephant Got Its Trunk

What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk.

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Just before the Age of Dinosaurs, life was thriving on the supercontinent of Pangea. But dark times were ahead: the biggest mass extinction ever, The Great Dying. Join hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Gabriel-Philip Santos, and Blake de Pastino as they explore the Permian: how it started, how it ended and how life recovered. Eons: Life and Death on Pangea premieres Wednesday, July 29.

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