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The Last Time the Globe Warmed

The Last Time the Globe Warmed

Season 1 Episode 22
9:54
When Giant Fungi Ruled

When Giant Fungi Ruled

Season 1 Episode 24
6:37
How Two Microbes Changed History

How Two Microbes Changed History

Season 1 Episode 25
7:39
The Time Terror Birds Invaded

The Time Terror Birds Invaded

Season 1 Episode 26
5:32
Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew

Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew

Season 1 Episode 27
6:11
The Great Snake Debate

The Great Snake Debate

Season 1 Episode 28
6:28
The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents

The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents

Season 1 Episode 29
8:40
How Sex Became A Thing

How Sex Became A Thing

Season 1 Episode 31
5:39
How the Turtle Got Its Shell

How the Turtle Got Its Shell

Season 1 Episode 33
8:29
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The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers

Season 1 Episode 21

Over the past 20 years, dinosaurs of all types and sizes have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage. These fuzzy discoveries have raised a whole batch of new questions so we're here to tell you everything we know about dinosaurs and feathers.

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The Fiery Rise of Flowering Plants
10:45
For flowering plants to take over, they first helped burn the old world—and then put the fires out.
When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us
11:37
Ancient weeds mimicked crops, tricking farmers into domesticating friends—and enemies—by mistake.
How Brawn Led to Brains
12:14
Brains and brawn aren’t opposites—they’ve been linked far longer than we might think.
When a Tiny Land Bridge Triggered an Ice Age
10:27
Understanding the Isthmus of Panama.
How Chewing May Have Beat Extinction
9:35
Tiny mammals and a group of lizard-like reptiles shared a trait that helped them survive extinction.
How We Figured Out an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs
10:43
Where the space rock came from 66 million years ago that crashed and killed the dinosaurs.
Crawling Out Of The Water Was An Evolutionary Accident
8:19
Fish evolved terrestrial traits to...stay fish?
Do Chins Make Us Human?
12:07
We're the only ones with chins, and we don't know why.
The Golden Age of Sharks
12:40
Why did sharks get so incredibly diverse and odd during the Golden Age?
Darwin's Unexpected Final Obsession
12:12
What was Charles Darwin really obsessed with?
Are All Oceans Basically Reincarnated?
12:29
Did you know ocean basins are reincarnated?
Could This Sperm Whale Eat The Meg?
8:36
How did such a large predator survive?
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