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When a Tiny Land Bridge Triggered an Ice Age
Season 8
Episode 8
On land, the Isthmus of Panama kicked off possibly the greatest natural experiment in the history of life on Earth. In the water, this narrow strip of land did something completely different: it divided. And that division would have a much bigger effect on the planet than the land connection ever did.
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