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Ancient Earth (Season 1)

3 episodes 96%4KCC

Decode the cataclysms that remade life across deep time.

Explore the Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous periods, beginning 250 million years ago, as fossils and rock layers reveal worlds of strange life and sudden collapse. From the Great Dying to the extinction that ended the dinosaurs, this season turns ancient evidence into a gripping explanation of how Earth kept changing, and why those transformations still matter.

Episode guide

3 episodes
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1The Permian
Planet Earth was inhabited by many wondrous creatures throughout the Permian period. Massive geologic changes finally allowed life to thrive on land and sea, producing voracious saber-toothed carnivores like Gorgonopsid and the terrifying 40-foot shark Helicoprion. But it couldn't last forever...
13 min
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2The Triassic
After the Permian period, the epic saga of evolution and extinction on Earth produced the world's first dinosaurs, plesiosaurs and pterosaurs. They dominated land, sea and air until another period of extreme volcanism generated vast waves of lava and toxic gas and killed roughly 75% of all species.
10 min
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3The Cretaceous
The Cretaceous was the golden age on ancient Earth. Magnificent and terrifying dinosaurs like Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus ruled the land. But they were all wiped out in an instant by one of the most powerful impacts our Earth has ever endured -- a collision with an asteroid!
14 min
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