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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
Why Does Caffeine Exist?

Why Does Caffeine Exist?

Season 4 Episode 37
8:29
Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells?

Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells?

Season 4 Episode 38
7:40
How Whale Evolution Kind Of Sucked

How Whale Evolution Kind Of Sucked

Season 4 Episode 39
9:49
The Fungi That Turned Ants Into Zombies

The Fungi That Turned Ants Into Zombies

Season 4 Episode 40
8:13
Where Did Water Come From?

Where Did Water Come From?

Season 5 Episode 1
10:17
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When Ants Domesticated Fungi

Season 4 Episode 29

While we’ve been farming for around 10,000 to 12,000 years, the ancestors of ants have been doing it for around 60 million years. So when, and how, and why did ants start … farming?
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