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When Rodents Rafted Across the Ocean
Season 2
Episode 1
The best evidence we have suggests that, while Caviomorpha originated in South America, they came from ancestors in Africa, over 40 million years ago. So how did they get there?
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10:05
500+ pterosaur fossils found at Solnhofen may be hiding a dark secret distorting our view of them.
11:08
Why are our teeth so sensitive? The answer originates in the armored skin of ancient fish.
10:45
For flowering plants to take over, they first helped burn the old world—and then put the fires out.
11:37
Ancient weeds mimicked crops, tricking farmers into domesticating friends—and enemies—by mistake.
12:14
Brains and brawn aren’t opposites—they’ve been linked far longer than we might think.
9:35
Tiny mammals and a group of lizard-like reptiles shared a trait that helped them survive extinction.
10:43
Where the space rock came from 66 million years ago that crashed and killed the dinosaurs.
8:19
Fish evolved terrestrial traits to...stay fish?
