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Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils? (ASL)

Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils? (ASL)

Season 2 Episode 59
12:18
How the Egg Came First

How the Egg Came First

Season 3 Episode 1
8:44
How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends

How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends

Season 3 Episode 2
9:21
When a Billion Years Disappeared

When a Billion Years Disappeared

Season 3 Episode 3
11:09
The Risky Paleo Diets of Our Ancestors

The Risky Paleo Diets of Our Ancestors

Season 3 Episode 4
7:59
How the Andes Mountains Might Have Killed a Bunch of Whales

How the Andes Mountains Might Have Killed a Bunch of Whales

Season 3 Episode 5
8:27
How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction

How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction

Season 3 Episode 6
9:31
The Two Viruses That We’ve Had For Millions of Years

The Two Viruses That We’ve Had For Millions of Years

Season 3 Episode 7
9:11
How We Identified One of Earth’s Earliest Animals

How We Identified One of Earth’s Earliest Animals

Season 3 Episode 8
10:44
When Dinosaur Look-Alikes Ruled the Earth

When Dinosaur Look-Alikes Ruled the Earth

Season 3 Episode 9
7:23
The World Before Plate Tectonics

The World Before Plate Tectonics

Season 3 Episode 10
9:24
When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic

When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic

Season 3 Episode 11
9:20
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When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar (ASL)

Season 2 Episode 58

Just a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. How did such a diverse group of primates evolve in the first place, and how did they help shape the unique environments of Madagascar? And how did they get winnowed down, leaving only their smaller relatives behind?
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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.
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?
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