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When Birds Stopped Flying

When Birds Stopped Flying

Season 2 Episode 2
7:14
When Camels Roamed North America

When Camels Roamed North America

Season 2 Episode 3
9:45
When Sharks Swam the Great Plains

When Sharks Swam the Great Plains

Season 2 Episode 5
11:45

When Apes Conquered Europe

Season 2 Episode 6
8:08
When Humans Were Prey

When Humans Were Prey

Season 2 Episode 8
9:21
How Blood Evolved (Many Times)

How Blood Evolved (Many Times)

Season 2 Episode 9
9:56
The Humans That Lived Before Us

The Humans That Lived Before Us

Season 2 Episode 10
11:52
The Island of Shrinking Mammoths

The Island of Shrinking Mammoths

Season 2 Episode 11
11:20
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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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Why Male Mammoths Lost the Game (w/ TierZoo!)
11:02
Why do most remains of mammoths found in the fossil record turn out to be male?
When Giant Hypercarnivores Prowled Africa
9:17
Hyaenodonts gave the world some of its largest terrestrial carnivorous mammals ever known.
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)
7:47
How we domesticated cats twice.
Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils?
12:18
Were these monsters inspired by fossils?
When Hobbits Were Real
9:10
Was it its own species? Or was it really just one of us?
The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief
7:28
The case of the dinosaur egg thief.
When Antarctica Was Green
11:03
When Antarctica was green.
When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar
10:09
Just a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs.
How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings
8:33
How pterosaurs got their wings.
When Bats Took Flight
11:09
When Bats Took Flight
The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs
8:35
The raptor that made us rethink dinosaurs.
The Missing Link That Wasn’t
9:54
There is no missing link in our lineage, because that’s not how evolution works.
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