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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
Is This The Oldest Dad In The Fossil Record?

Is This The Oldest Dad In The Fossil Record?

Season 4 Episode 31
6:37
We Can “Bring Back” The Woolly Mammoth. Should We?

We Can “Bring Back” The Woolly Mammoth. Should We?

Season 4 Episode 32
6:40
Something Has Been Making This Mark For 500 Million Years

Something Has Been Making This Mark For 500 Million Years

Season 4 Episode 33
9:42
Giant Viruses Blur The Line Between Alive and Not

Giant Viruses Blur The Line Between Alive and Not

Season 4 Episode 34
9:19
When Giant Millipedes Reigned

When Giant Millipedes Reigned

Season 4 Episode 35
7:02
How Plate Tectonics Transformed Los Angeles

How Plate Tectonics Transformed Los Angeles

Season 4 Episode 36
12:34
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The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal

Season 4 Episode 24

A truly enormous ichthyosaur around the size of a modern sperm whale, reached its size within just a few million years of taking to the water - a blink of an eye in evolutionary time.
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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?
How Animals Got Butts
12:10
Season 7 Episode 9
How Animals Got Butts
Did you know the evolution of the butthole was a major breakthrough in animal development?
What Happened To The Other Mesozoic Mammals?
12:28
Season 7 Episode 8
What Happened To The Other Mesozoic Mammals?
Learn about the complicated the history of mammals and their disappearance.
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