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How The Formation of Pangea Changed The World | Life and Death on Pangea

How The Formation of Pangea Changed The World | Life and Death on Pangea

Season 9 Episode 1
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How Eating Plants Shaped Life on Land | Life and Death on Pangea

How Eating Plants Shaped Life on Land | Life and Death on Pangea

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The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Reef | Life and Death on Pangea

The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Reef | Life and Death on Pangea

Season 9 Episode 3
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A Tale of Tusks and Saber Teeth | Life and Death on Pangea

A Tale of Tusks and Saber Teeth | Life and Death on Pangea

Season 9 Episode 4
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That Time Almost Everything Died | Life and Death on Pangea

That Time Almost Everything Died | Life and Death on Pangea

Season 9 Episode 5
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Who Survived the Great Dying – and Why | Life and Death on Pangea

Who Survived the Great Dying – and Why | Life and Death on Pangea

Season 9 Episode 6
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How Earth’s Smallest Life Caused its Biggest Death

How Earth’s Smallest Life Caused its Biggest Death

Season 9 Episode 7
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How Tetrapods Took to the Trees

How Tetrapods Took to the Trees

Season 9 Episode 8
10:44
When Sails Were All the Rage

When Sails Were All the Rage

Season 9 Episode 9
7:54
The Age of Mutant Plants

The Age of Mutant Plants

Season 9 Episode 10
11:06
Episode 5: The Calling

The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5
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When Whales Could Walk

When Whales Could Walk

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Eons

A Quick Introduction to Eons

Join hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Gabriel-Philip Santos, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age.
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The Search for the Earliest Life
5:37
Season 1 Episode 20
The Search for the Earliest Life
Even in a hellish environment, life found a way.
A Brief History of Geologic Time
12:08
Season 1 Episode 19
A Brief History of Geologic Time
Geologists have been able to identify crucial episodes in life’s history.
An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs
12:20
Season 1 Episode 18
An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs
Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying the
When Whales Walked
4:56
Season 1 Episode 17
When Whales Walked
We know whales as graceful giants bound to the sea.
Living Fossils' Aren't Really a Thing
5:05
Season 1 Episode 16
Living Fossils' Aren't Really a Thing
Even the most ancient-looking organisms show us that evolution is always at work.
When The Earth Was Purple
5:37
Season 1 Episode 15
When The Earth Was Purple
But imagine a time when the Earth looked a little … purple.
How Did Dinosaurs Get So Huge?
5:42
Season 1 Episode 14
How Did Dinosaurs Get So Huge?
Creatures as tall as a five-story buildings shook the Earth.
History's Most Powerful Plants
5:20
Season 1 Episode 13
History's Most Powerful Plants
Fossil fuels are made from the remains of extinct organisms.
The Age of Giant Insects
5:28
Season 1 Episode 12
The Age of Giant Insects
Insects and other arthropods weren’t always so small.
The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws
3:54
Season 1 Episode 11
The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws
A 270-million-year-old sea creature called Helicoprion that once swam the seas.
The Extinction That Never Happened
7:36
Season 1 Episode 10
The Extinction That Never Happened
Natural history is full of living things that were long thought to have gone extinct only
Dimetrodon: Our Most Unlikely Ancestor
5:21
Season 1 Episode 9
Dimetrodon: Our Most Unlikely Ancestor
Take a close look and you might see a little bit of yourself.
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