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How Brawn Led to Brains

How Brawn Led to Brains

Season 8 Episode 9
12:14
When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us

When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us

Season 8 Episode 10
11:37
The Fiery Rise of Flowering Plants

The Fiery Rise of Flowering Plants

Season 8 Episode 11
10:45
Sensitive Teeth? Blame This Fish

Sensitive Teeth? Blame This Fish

Season 8 Episode 12
11:08
Did Ancient Storms Kill These Pterosaurs?

Did Ancient Storms Kill These Pterosaurs?

Season 8 Episode 13
10:05
Does The World's Most Famous Dinosaur Have The Wrong Name?

Does The World's Most Famous Dinosaur Have The Wrong Name?

Season 8 Episode 14
12:32
When the Earth Had Supermountains

When the Earth Had Supermountains

Season 8 Episode 15
9:34
Why Do Humans Age Fast?

Why Do Humans Age Fast?

Season 8 Episode 16
8:27
When Fish (Finally) Conquered the Deep Sea

When Fish (Finally) Conquered the Deep Sea

Season 8 Episode 17
9:48
Did These Mammoths Dig Their Own Grave?

Did These Mammoths Dig Their Own Grave?

Season 8 Episode 18
7:44
That Time Earth was Sticky

That Time Earth was Sticky

10:45
When India Was An Island

When India Was An Island

11:04
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Eons

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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Crawling Out Of The Water Was An Evolutionary Accident
8:19
Season 8 Episode 4
Crawling Out Of The Water Was An Evolutionary Accident
Fish evolved terrestrial traits to...stay fish?
Do Chins Make Us Human?
12:07
Season 8 Episode 3
Do Chins Make Us Human?
We're the only ones with chins, and we don't know why.
The Golden Age of Sharks
12:40
Season 8 Episode 2
The Golden Age of Sharks
Why did sharks get so incredibly diverse and odd during the Golden Age?
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.
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