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# Could You Survive The Great Dying?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/eons-podcast/episode/could-you-survive-the-great-dying-m2oo7q/
- Published: 2024-12-06T23:00:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T13:46:49.000Z
- Description: Would you survive the Great Dying?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Eons Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5, #ZZZ_Episode_ce52d56c-1267-43f8-8894-f50f9e65092f, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_3d857d51-0fcd-4b60-a363-2b4c557edac9, #v1.16

A catastrophic volcanic event in the Late Permian Period caused the biggest mass extinction of all time - known to us as the Great Dying. As a result, a large majority of terrestrial life would disappear, but our ancestors had the adaptations (and the healthy dose of luck) needed to survive – but would you?