Eons — Season 1, Episode 12: The Age of Giant Insects

Episode synopsis

Insects outnumber humans by a lot and we only like to think we're in charge because we're bigger than they are. But insects and other arthropods weren’t always so small. About 315 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period, they were not only abundant: they were enormous.

About Eons

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Trouble With Trilobites
• E2When Did the First Flower Bloom?
• E3The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures
• E4Stegosaurs: Tiny Brains & Thagomizers
• E5What Colors Were Dinosaurs?
• E6The Story of Saberteeth
• E7That Time Oxygen Almost Killed Everything
• E8The Biggest Thing That Ever Flew
• E9Dimetrodon: Our Most Unlikely Ancestor
• E10The Extinction That Never Happened
• E11The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws
• E13History's Most Powerful Plants