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When the Synapsids Struck Back

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

When We Met Other Human Species

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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
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Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?

Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?

Season 2 Episode 32
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The Missing Link That Wasn’t

The Missing Link That Wasn’t

Season 2 Episode 33
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When Bats Took Flight

When Bats Took Flight

Season 2 Episode 35
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The History of Climate Cycles (and the Woolly Rhino)

Season 2 Episode 23

Throughout the Pleistocene Epoch, the range of the woolly rhino grew and shrank in sync with global climate. So what caused the climate -- and the range of the woolly rhino -- to cycle back and forth between such extremes?

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