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The Other Explosion You Should Know About
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The Sudden burst of diversity that marked the dawn of truly complex life on our planet.
How Sex Became A Thing
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Follow the early history of how (and why) sex became a thing.
From the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Dying
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The Paleozoic Era is one of the most chaotic times in Earth's history. Find out why!
The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents
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So if we want to know how we got here, we have to understand how "here" got here.
The Great Snake Debate
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90 million years ago, an ancient snake known as Najash had...legs.
Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew
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In the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand.
The Time Terror Birds Invaded
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5 million years ago, a predator made its way onto the coastal plains of North America.
How Two Microbes Changed History
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More than two billion years ago, a tiny living thing started to live inside another thing.
When Giant Fungi Ruled
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An unlikely group of pioneers ultimately made life on land possible -- the fungi.
What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?
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Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was.
The Last Time the Globe Warmed
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Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life...in the Arctic.
The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers
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Dinosaurs have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage.
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