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When the Synapsids Struck Back

When the Synapsids Struck Back

Season 2 Episode 26
10:10
When We Met Other Human Species

When We Met Other Human Species

Season 2 Episode 28
12:56
How Volcanoes Froze the Earth...Twice

How Volcanoes Froze the Earth...Twice

Season 2 Episode 29
10:29
When Giant Deer Roamed Eurasia

When Giant Deer Roamed Eurasia

Season 2 Episode 31
6:53
Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?

Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?

Season 2 Episode 32
10:37
The Missing Link That Wasn’t

The Missing Link That Wasn’t

Season 2 Episode 33
9:54
When Bats Took Flight

When Bats Took Flight

Season 2 Episode 35
11:09
How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings

How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings

Season 2 Episode 36
8:33
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The Hellacious Lives of the "Hell Pigs"

Season 2 Episode 24

Despite the name, we don’t know where the so-called “hell pigs” belong in the mammalian family tree. They walked on hooves, like pigs do, but had longer legs, almost like deer. They had hunched backs, a bit like rhinos or bison. But as is often, if not always, the case, there is some evolutionary method to this anatomical madness.

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