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How Humans Lost Their Fur

How Humans Lost Their Fur

Season 3 Episode 27
11:27

When Lizards Took Over the World

Season 3 Episode 28
8:29
When the Earth Suddenly Stopped Warming

When the Earth Suddenly Stopped Warming

Season 3 Episode 29
10:21
The Triassic Reptile With "Two Faces"

The Triassic Reptile With "Two Faces"

Season 3 Episode 30
10:11
The Reign of the Hell Ants

The Reign of the Hell Ants

Season 3 Episode 32
10:09
When We First Talked

When We First Talked

Season 3 Episode 34
11:13
The Genes We Lost Along the Way

The Genes We Lost Along the Way

Season 3 Episode 36
12:01
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How Plankton Created A Bizarre Giant of the Seas

Season 3 Episode 25

At more than 2 meters long, Aegirocassis was not only the biggest radiodont ever, but it also may have been the biggest animal in the Early Ordovician. This bizarre marine giant may have only been possible, thanks to a major revolution among some of the tiniest organisms in the world.

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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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