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Why The Paleo Diet Couldn't Save The Neanderthals

Why The Paleo Diet Couldn't Save The Neanderthals

Season 4 Episode 14
9:17
The 40 Million-Year-Old Ecosystem In Your Mouth

The 40 Million-Year-Old Ecosystem In Your Mouth

Season 4 Episode 15
8:14
When Pterosaurs Walked

When Pterosaurs Walked

Season 4 Episode 16
9:38
How Our Deadliest Parasite Turned To The Dark Side

How Our Deadliest Parasite Turned To The Dark Side

Season 4 Episode 17
8:06
Primates vs Snakes (An Evolutionary Arms Race)

Primates vs Snakes (An Evolutionary Arms Race)

Season 4 Episode 18
7:53
Did Eating Insects Shrink These Dinos?

Did Eating Insects Shrink These Dinos?

Season 4 Episode 19
10:21
How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again

How Vertebrates Got Teeth... And Lost Them Again

Season 4 Episode 20
8:52
How Horses Went From Food To Friends

How Horses Went From Food To Friends

Season 4 Episode 21
6:32
Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story)

Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It's a Long Story)

Season 4 Episode 22
9:12
When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands

When a Giant Pterosaur Ruled the European Islands

Season 4 Episode 23
8:50
The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal

The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal

Season 4 Episode 24
8:44
The Extreme Hyenas That Didn't Last

The Extreme Hyenas That Didn't Last

Season 4 Episode 25
7:50
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Eons

When It Was Too Hot for Leaves

Season 4 Episode 13

Plants first made their way onto land at least 470 million years ago but for their first 80 million years, leaves as we know them today didn’t exist. What held them back?
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How Chewing May Have Beat Extinction
9:35
Season 8 Episode 6
How Chewing May Have Beat Extinction
Tiny mammals and a group of lizard-like reptiles shared a trait that helped them survive extinction.
How We Figured Out an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs
10:43
Season 8 Episode 5
How We Figured Out an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs
Where the space rock came from 66 million years ago that crashed and killed the dinosaurs.
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?
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