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Did Eating Insects Shrink These Dinos?

Did Eating Insects Shrink These Dinos?

Season 4 Episode 19
10:21
How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again

How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again

Season 4 Episode 20
8:52
How Horses Went From Food To Friends

How Horses Went From Food To Friends

Season 4 Episode 21
6:32
Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story)

Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story)

Season 4 Episode 22
9:12
When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands

When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands

Season 4 Episode 23
8:50
The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal

The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal

Season 4 Episode 24
8:44
The Extreme Hyenas That Didn't Last

The Extreme Hyenas That Didn't Last

Season 4 Episode 25
7:50
How the Smallest Animal Got So Simple

How the Smallest Animal Got So Simple

Season 4 Episode 26
6:52
Why Sour May Be The Oldest Taste

Why Sour May Be The Oldest Taste

Season 4 Episode 27
7:02
The Ancient Human Species With A Missing Body

The Ancient Human Species With A Missing Body

Season 4 Episode 28
7:56
When Ants Domesticated Fungi

When Ants Domesticated Fungi

Season 4 Episode 29
9:05
The Curious Case of the Cave Lion

The Curious Case of the Cave Lion

Season 4 Episode 30
8:09
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Primates vs Snakes (An Evolutionary Arms Race)

Season 4 Episode 18

The Snake Detection Hypothesis proposes that the ability to quickly spot and avoid snakes is deeply embedded in primates, including us - an evolutionary consequence of the danger snakes have posed to us over millions of years.
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Darwin's Unexpected Final Obsession
12:12
Season 7 Episode 21
Darwin's Unexpected Final Obsession
What was Charles Darwin really obsessed with?
Are All Oceans Basically Reincarnated?
12:29
Season 7 Episode 20
Are All Oceans Basically Reincarnated?
Did you know ocean basins are reincarnated?
Could This Sperm Whale Eat The Meg?
8:36
Season 7 Episode 19
Could This Sperm Whale Eat The Meg?
How did such a large predator survive?
When Red Pandas Roamed North America
9:41
Season 7 Episode 18
When Red Pandas Roamed North America
How did a relative of the red panda end up in North America?
Webs vs wings: The arms race of the air
8:10
Season 7 Episode 17
Webs vs wings: The arms race of the air
How did the competition of spiders vs insects drive them both into the air?
The Graveyard at the Center of the Earth
12:38
Season 7 Episode 16
The Graveyard at the Center of the Earth
Why plate tectonics don't make sense.
Why Wasn't There A Second Age of Reptiles?
9:59
Season 7 Episode 15
Why Wasn't There A Second Age of Reptiles?
Why was it the mammals who triumphed?
How Mountains Make Evolution Weird
10:09
Season 7 Episode 14
How Mountains Make Evolution Weird
What do mountains reveal about primates?
The Mystery of the Cretaceous Pompeii
10:39
Season 7 Episode 13
The Mystery of the Cretaceous Pompeii
When you take a deeper look at Pompeii, a different story could be told about the final moments.
How Asteroids Set the Stage for Life on Earth
10:38
Season 7 Episode 12
How Asteroids Set the Stage for Life on Earth
We may have planet-shattering asteroids...
When Neandertals Became Apex Predators
11:50
Season 7 Episode 11
When Neandertals Became Apex Predators
What doomed the Neandertals?
When the Amazon Flowed Backwards
11:25
Season 7 Episode 10
When the Amazon Flowed Backwards
What did life look like when the Amazon watershed flowed backwards?
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