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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.
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Chapter 3: Invaders of the LandSprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable. - 02
Chapter 2: The First FrontierFor billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions. - 03
Chapter 6: Out of the AshesThe 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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Chapter 1: The Rules of LifeOctober 25, 2023Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years. - S01E02Chapter 2: The First FrontierOctober 25, 2023For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass e
- S01E03Season's bestChapter 3: Invaders of the LandOctober 25, 2023Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospit
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Chapter 4: In Cold BloodOctober 25, 2023After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of re - S01E05
Chapter 5: In the Shadow of GiantsOctober 25, 2023The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty di - S01E06Chapter 6: Out of the AshesOctober 25, 2023The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 spe
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Chapter 7: Inheriting the EarthOctober 25, 2023Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, a - S01E08
Chapter 8: Age of Ice and FireOctober 25, 2023As the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our do
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