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When Pterosaurs Walked
Season 4
Episode 16
If you know one thing about pterosaurs, it’s that they’re flyers. And while pterosaurs may be well-known for their domination of the skies in the Mesozoic Era, they didn’t live their entire lives in the air. So how did we figure this out? And what were they like when they finally came down?
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The Paleozoic Era is one of the most chaotic times in Earth's history. Find out why!
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So if we want to know how we got here, we have to understand how "here" got here.
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In the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand.
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5 million years ago, a predator made its way onto the coastal plains of North America.
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More than two billion years ago, a tiny living thing started to live inside another thing.
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An unlikely group of pioneers ultimately made life on land possible -- the fungi.
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Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life...in the Arctic.
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Dinosaurs have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage.
