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How Brawn Led to Brains

How Brawn Led to Brains

Season 8 Episode 9
12:14
When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us

When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us

Season 8 Episode 10
11:37
The Fiery Rise of Flowering Plants

The Fiery Rise of Flowering Plants

Season 8 Episode 11
10:45
Sensitive Teeth? Blame This Fish

Sensitive Teeth? Blame This Fish

Season 8 Episode 12
11:08
When the Earth Had Supermountains

When the Earth Had Supermountains

Season 8 Episode 15
9:34
Why Do Humans Age Fast?

Why Do Humans Age Fast?

Season 8 Episode 16
8:27
Episode 5: The Calling

The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5
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How Chewing May Have Beat Extinction

Season 8 Episode 6

66 million years ago, after an asteroid slammed into the Earth and wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs, the world became a dark wasteland. But among the survivors were two distantly-related groups of animals that, on the surface, seem to have nothing in common: tiny mammals and a group of lizard-like reptiles.

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