Ancient Earth (Season 2)

Witness the Earth's dramatic history. Thanks to new technologies, paleontologists can now recreate the missing branches of the tree of life.

Before the dinosaurs, giant insects once dominated the earth. Using new technologies that combine genetics, ethology, geology and even particle physics, paleontologists are discovering what happened to these ancient creatures.

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Before dinosaurs, giant insects dominated the earth. Paleontologists are combining genetics, ethology, geology and particle physics, to discover what happened.

What Killed the Giant Insects?

Paleontologists are using new technologies to prove that there were far more feathered dinosaurs than previously believed.

The Mystery of the Feathered Dragons

This Earth Month, let your curiosity roam free.

Through advances in scientific technology, paleontologists have discovered that prehistoric mammals were more varied and numerous than previously thought.