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How Plankton Created A Bizarre Giant of the Seas

How Plankton Created A Bizarre Giant of the Seas

Season 3 Episode 25
8:48
The Rise and Fall of the Tallest Mammal to Walk the Earth

The Rise and Fall of the Tallest Mammal to Walk the Earth

Season 3 Episode 26
7:53
How Humans Lost Their Fur

How Humans Lost Their Fur

Season 3 Episode 27
11:27

When Lizards Took Over the World

Season 3 Episode 28
8:29
When the Earth Suddenly Stopped Warming

When the Earth Suddenly Stopped Warming

Season 3 Episode 29
10:21
The Triassic Reptile With "Two Faces"

The Triassic Reptile With "Two Faces"

Season 3 Episode 30
10:11
The Bear-Sized Beaver That Couldn’t Build A Dam

The Bear-Sized Beaver That Couldn’t Build A Dam

Season 3 Episode 31
7:32
The Reign of the Hell Ants

The Reign of the Hell Ants

Season 3 Episode 32
10:09
The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years

The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years

Season 3 Episode 33
9:20
When We First Talked

When We First Talked

Season 3 Episode 34
11:13
The Return of Giant Skin-Shell Sea Turtles

The Return of Giant Skin-Shell Sea Turtles

Season 3 Episode 35
6:53
The Genes We Lost Along the Way

The Genes We Lost Along the Way

Season 3 Episode 36
12:01
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Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?

Season 3 Episode 24

For some reason, animals keep evolving into things that look like crabs, independently, over and over again. What is it about the crab’s form that makes it so evolutionarily successful that non-crabs are apparently jealous of it?
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The Graveyard at the Center of the Earth
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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?
How Animals Got Butts
12:10
Season 7 Episode 9
How Animals Got Butts
Did you know the evolution of the butthole was a major breakthrough in animal development?
What Happened To The Other Mesozoic Mammals?
12:28
Season 7 Episode 8
What Happened To The Other Mesozoic Mammals?
Learn about the complicated the history of mammals and their disappearance.
The Dinosaurs That Evolution Forgot
9:19
Season 7 Episode 7
The Dinosaurs That Evolution Forgot
Where are all the east coast dinosaurs?
Where Did the Moon Come From?
10:50
Season 7 Episode 5
Where Did the Moon Come From?
Where did our moon come from? The origin is even stranger than you may imagine.
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Season 7 Episode 6
How the Himalayas Changed the World
The Himalayas changed everything.
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