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Eons
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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The Paleozoic Era is one of the most chaotic times in Earth's history. Find out why!
8:40
So if we want to know how we got here, we have to understand how "here" got here.
6:11
In the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand.
5:32
5 million years ago, a predator made its way onto the coastal plains of North America.
7:39
More than two billion years ago, a tiny living thing started to live inside another thing.
6:37
An unlikely group of pioneers ultimately made life on land possible -- the fungi.
9:54
Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life...in the Arctic.
10:01
Dinosaurs have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage.