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The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws

The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws

Season 1 Episode 11
3:54
The Age of Giant Insects

The Age of Giant Insects

Season 1 Episode 12
5:28
History's Most Powerful Plants

History's Most Powerful Plants

Season 1 Episode 13
5:20
How Did Dinosaurs Get So Huge?

How Did Dinosaurs Get So Huge?

Season 1 Episode 14
5:42
When The Earth Was Purple

When The Earth Was Purple

Season 1 Episode 15
5:37
Living Fossils' Aren't Really a Thing

Living Fossils' Aren't Really a Thing

Season 1 Episode 16
5:05
When Whales Walked

When Whales Walked

Season 1 Episode 17
4:56
An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs

An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs

Season 1 Episode 18
12:20
A Brief History of Geologic Time

A Brief History of Geologic Time

Season 1 Episode 19
12:08
The Search for the Earliest Life

The Search for the Earliest Life

Season 1 Episode 20
5:37
The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers

The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers

Season 1 Episode 21
10:01
The Last Time the Globe Warmed

The Last Time the Globe Warmed

Season 1 Episode 22
9:54
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Eons

The Extinction That Never Happened

Season 1 Episode 10

Natural history is full of living things that were long thought to have gone extinct only to show up again, alive and well. Paleontologists have a word for these kinds of organisms: They call them Lazarus taxa.

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When We Tamed Fire
11:46
The ability to make and use fire has fundamentally changed the arc of our evolution.
Ancient Fauna, Flora & Fungi
11:38
Sea scorpions thrived for 200 million years, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
When We First Made Tools
9:08
When We First Made Tools
The Giant Bird That Got Lost in Time
8:33
The California condor is the biggest flying bird in N. America since the Pleistocene Epoch
The Island of Huge Hamsters and Giant Owls
11:41
The Island of Huge Hamsters and Giant Owls
How 7,000 Years of Epic Floods Changed the World
9:28
How 7,000 Years of Epic Floods Changed the World
The Evolution of the Heart (A Love Story)
9:00
The Evolution of the Heart
The Island of Shrinking Mammoths
11:20
The Island of Shrinking Mammoths
The Humans That Lived Before Us
11:52
The Humans That Lived Before Us
How Blood Evolved (Many Times)
9:56
How Blood Evolved (Many Times)
When Humans Were Prey
9:21
Not too long ago, our early human ancestors were under threat of attack from predators.
Why Megalodon (Definitely) Went Extinct
10:45
What happened to the largest shark in history?
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