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Eons

What Was The Earliest Surgery?

Season 6 Episode 16 | 7m 59s

When did practicing medicine - in its varied, complex forms (from sharing medicinal plants to the earliest surgeries) - become something that we actually started doing? While it’s a hard question to answer, it’s possible that our tendency to heal one another might have been with us for even longer than we've been human.

Aired: 03/18/24
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Watch • 12:28
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Episode: S7 E8 | 12:28
Watch • 9:19
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Where did our moon come from? The origin is even stranger than you may imagine.
Episode: S7 E5 | 10:50
Watch • 10:04
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How the Himalayas Changed the World
The Himalayas changed everything.
Episode: S7 E6 | 10:04
Watch • 11:53
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What led to the creation of the trunk?
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What was the first ever drink?
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Watch • 9:45
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The Mystery of South America's False Horses
How did the "false horse," Thoatherium, and its relatives survive?
Episode: S7 E2 | 9:45