> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.cascadepbs.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Could You Survive The Ordovician Period?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/eons-podcast/episode/could-you-survive-the-ordovician-period-shayu4/
- Published: 2024-12-02T21:00:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T13:46:48.000Z
- Description: Could you survive the first of the ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Eons Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_db3b2818-60f0-435e-9c73-3307dcd284f8, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_3d857d51-0fcd-4b60-a363-2b4c557edac9, #v1.16

The End-Ordovician Extinction was the first of the so-called ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions in the history of life on Earth - more than 80% of species in the oceans died out. But could you survive its aftermath?