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Our Planet’s Epic Story
From So Simple a Beginning
Animals Arise and Diversity Thrives
Triumph of the Trilobites
Fishes Flourish, and Some Go Ashore
The Bug-Filled Swamps of Deep Time
Shark-Filled Waters
Here Comes the Sun
Snapping Synapsids Steal the Scene
Rise of the Herbivores
Worst Extinction Ever
Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Reptiles of the Sea
Jurassic Giants
Variations on a Very Large Theme
Top Theropod of Its Time
Grow Fast or Die Young
Mollusks on the Move
Much More besides Dinosaurs
An Evolutionary Battle in Shallow Seas
A Fishy Final Meal
Dinosaurs Hit Their Peak
Dinosaurs in a Flowering World
King of Cretaceous Carnivores
Birds Are Dinosaurs
Death from Outer Space
Big Bird and Tiny Horse
Mammals Take Center Stage
Mammals Explore High and Low
Mammals Become Mariners
Ice Age Mammals Maximize Size
The Rise of Humans
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