Eons — Season 1, Episode 2: When Did the First Flower Bloom?
Documentary • 10 min • 6 seasons, 246 episodes
Episode synopsis
During the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs were more diverse, more fierce, and more strange than ever. But something else was happening under the feet of the terrible lizards: for the first time in history, there were flowers.
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
- 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
- E12The Age of Giant Insects
- E13History's Most Powerful Plants