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When the Rainforests Collapsed

When the Rainforests Collapsed

Season 2 Episode 52
7:40
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When the Sahara Was Green

Season 2 Episode 54
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The Ghostly Origins of the Big Cats

Season 2 Episode 56
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When We Took Over the World

Season 2 Episode 57
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When a Billion Years Disappeared

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How South America Made the Marsupials

Season 2 Episode 50

Throughout the Cenozoic Era -- the era we’re in now -- marsupials and their metatherian relatives flourished all over South America, filling all kinds of ecological niches and radiating into forms that still thrive on other continents.

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