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When Bats Took Flight

When Bats Took Flight

Season 2 Episode 35
11:09
How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings

How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings

Season 2 Episode 36
8:33
When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar

When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar

Season 2 Episode 37
10:09
When Antarctica Was Green

When Antarctica Was Green

Season 2 Episode 38
11:03
The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief

The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief

Season 2 Episode 39
7:28
When Hobbits Were Real

When Hobbits Were Real

Season 2 Episode 40
9:10
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)

How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)

Season 2 Episode 42
7:47
The Forgotten Story of the Beardogs

The Forgotten Story of the Beardogs

Season 2 Episode 45
9:37
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The Missing Link That Wasn’t

Season 2 Episode 33

The myth of the Missing Link--the idea that there must be a specimen that partly resembles an ape but also partly resembles a modern human--is persistent. But the reality is that there is no missing link in our lineage, because that’s not how evolution works.

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How a Supervolcano Ignited an Evolutionary Debate
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Discover the effects of the Toba supervolcano.
How Pollination Got Going Twice
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Pollination by insects actually got going twice.
The Creature That Stumped Darwin
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The Toxodon fossils help reveal the mystery surrounding evolution.
How the Starfish Got Its Arms
10:53
The Story of How the Starfish Got its Arms Reminds us that Animals have Deep Histories.
Where Are All the Medium-Sized Dinosaurs?
11:01
Learn More about the Very Rare Medium-Sized Dinosaurs.
The Island of the Last Surviving Mammoths
8:06
The very last mammoths that ever lived experienced what’s known as a mutational meltdown.
The Traits That Spawned the Age of Mammals
7:44
Some Mammal Traits Show Up a Lot Earlier and in Things That Weren’t Mammals at All.
Did These Giant Sloths Poop Themselves to Death?
10:01
Find out if Sloths Really Did Poop Themselves to Death.
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