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The Missing Link That Wasn’t

The Missing Link That Wasn’t

Season 2 Episode 33
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How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings

Season 2 Episode 36
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When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar

Season 2 Episode 37
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Season 2 Episode 38
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Season 2 Episode 39
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Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?

Season 2 Episode 32

Paleontologists have spent the better part of two decades debating whether Coelophysis ate its own kind. It turns out, the evidence that scientists have had to study in order to answer that question includes some of the strangest and grossest fossils that any expert would ever get to see.

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