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Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire
s01e08 · 2023-10-25 · 12:00
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8 this season · 8 totals01e01 Chapter 1: The Rules of Life 2023-10-25 12:00
Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
s01e02 Chapter 2: The First Frontier 2023-10-25 12:00
Chapter 2: The First Frontier
For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
s01e03 Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land 2023-10-25 12:00
Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
s01e04 Chapter 4: In Cold Blood 2023-10-25 12:00
Chapter 4: In Cold Blood
After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
s01e05 Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants 2023-10-25 12:00
Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants
The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
s01e06 Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes 2023-10-25 12:00
Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes
The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
s01e07 Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth 2023-10-25 12:00
Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth
Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
s01e08 Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire 2023-10-25 12:00
Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire
As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?