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When the Amazon Flowed Backwards

When the Amazon Flowed Backwards

Season 7 Episode 10
11:25
When Neandertals Became Apex Predators

When Neandertals Became Apex Predators

Season 7 Episode 11
11:50
The Mystery of the Cretaceous Pompeii

The Mystery of the Cretaceous Pompeii

Season 7 Episode 13
10:39
How Mountains Make Evolution Weird

How Mountains Make Evolution Weird

Season 7 Episode 14
10:09
When Red Pandas Roamed North America

When Red Pandas Roamed North America

Season 7 Episode 18
9:41
Could This Sperm Whale Eat The Meg?

Could This Sperm Whale Eat The Meg?

Season 7 Episode 19
8:36
Are All Oceans Basically Reincarnated?

Are All Oceans Basically Reincarnated?

Season 7 Episode 20
12:29
Darwin's Unexpected Final Obsession

Darwin's Unexpected Final Obsession

Season 7 Episode 21
12:12
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How Animals Got Butts

Season 7 Episode 9

While the evolution of the butthole was a major breakthrough in animal development, its story might actually end with redefining what it means to have a butthole at all.

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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?
When Red Pandas Roamed North America
9:41
How did a relative of the red panda end up in North America?
Webs vs wings: The arms race of the air
8:10
How did the competition of spiders vs insects drive them both into the air?
The Graveyard at the Center of the Earth
12:38
Why plate tectonics don't make sense.
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