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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
Our Ancient Relative That Said 'No Thanks' To Life On Land

Our Ancient Relative That Said 'No Thanks' To Life On Land

Season 5 Episode 2
8:59
Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose

Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose

Season 5 Episode 3
8:53
Are We All Actually Archaea?

Are We All Actually Archaea?

Season 5 Episode 4
8:21
How Plate Tectonics Gave Us Seahorses

How Plate Tectonics Gave Us Seahorses

Season 5 Episode 5
7:20
We Met Neandertals Way Earlier Than We Thought

We Met Neandertals Way Earlier Than We Thought

Season 5 Episode 6
7:28
When A Marsupial Became An Apex Predator

When A Marsupial Became An Apex Predator

Season 5 Episode 7
10:04
How Did Our Most Famous Ancestor Really Die?

How Did Our Most Famous Ancestor Really Die?

Season 5 Episode 8
7:20
These Creatures Were Darwin's Greatest Enemy

These Creatures Were Darwin's Greatest Enemy

Season 5 Episode 9
9:58
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Why Does Caffeine Exist?

Season 4 Episode 37

Today, billions of people around the world start their day with caffeine. But how and why did the ability to produce this molecule independently evolve in multiple, distantly-related lineages of flowering plants, again and again?
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When Giant Hypercarnivores Prowled Africa
9:17
Season 2 Episode 43
When Giant Hypercarnivores Prowled Africa
Hyaenodonts gave the world some of its largest terrestrial carnivorous mammals ever known.
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)
7:47
Season 2 Episode 42
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)
How we domesticated cats twice.
Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils?
12:18
Season 2 Episode 41
Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils?
Were these monsters inspired by fossils?
When Hobbits Were Real
9:10
Season 2 Episode 40
When Hobbits Were Real
Was it its own species? Or was it really just one of us?
The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief
7:28
Season 2 Episode 39
The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief
The case of the dinosaur egg thief.
When Antarctica Was Green
11:03
Season 2 Episode 38
When Antarctica Was Green
When Antarctica was green.
When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar
10:09
Season 2 Episode 37
When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar
Just a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs.
How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings
8:33
Season 2 Episode 36
How Pterosaurs Got Their Wings
How pterosaurs got their wings.
When Bats Took Flight
11:09
Season 2 Episode 35
When Bats Took Flight
When Bats Took Flight
The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs
8:35
Season 2 Episode 34
The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs
The raptor that made us rethink dinosaurs.
The Missing Link That Wasn’t
9:54
Season 2 Episode 33
The Missing Link That Wasn’t
There is no missing link in our lineage, because that’s not how evolution works.
Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?
10:37
Season 2 Episode 32
Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal?
Was this dinosaur a cannibal?
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