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How Chewing May Have Beat Extinction

How Chewing May Have Beat Extinction

Season 8 Episode 6
9:35
How Brawn Led to Brains

How Brawn Led to Brains

Season 8 Episode 9
12:14
When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us

When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us

Season 8 Episode 10
11:37
The Fiery Rise of Flowering Plants

The Fiery Rise of Flowering Plants

Season 8 Episode 11
10:45
Sensitive Teeth? Blame This Fish

Sensitive Teeth? Blame This Fish

Season 8 Episode 12
11:08
When the Earth Had Supermountains

When the Earth Had Supermountains

Season 8 Episode 15
9:34
Why Do Humans Age Fast?

Why Do Humans Age Fast?

Season 8 Episode 16
8:27
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Crawling Out Of The Water Was An Evolutionary Accident

Season 8 Episode 4

It’s beginning to look like our success on land, and that of all tetrapods, from frogs to dogs to dinosaurs, was just a lucky side-effect of fish trying to stay fish.

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