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Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
Episode 8 : Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire
October. 25,2023
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?
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Episode 7 : Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth
October. 25,2023
Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
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Episode 6 : Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes
October. 25,2023
The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
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Episode 5 : Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants
October. 25,2023
The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
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Episode 4 : Chapter 4: In Cold Blood
October. 25,2023
After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
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Episode 3 : Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
October. 25,2023
Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
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Episode 2 : Chapter 2: The First Frontier
October. 25,2023
For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
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Episode 1 : Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
October. 25,2023
Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
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