Miniseries

E1. Chapter 1: The Rules of Life

Oct 25, 2023 · 43m

Evolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.

E2. Chapter 2: The First Frontier

Oct 25, 2023 · 54m

For billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.

E3. Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land

Oct 25, 2023 · 57m

Sprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.

E4. Chapter 4: In Cold Blood

Oct 25, 2023 · 55m

After Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.

E5. Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants

Oct 25, 2023 · 51m

The formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.

E6. Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes

Oct 25, 2023 · 53m

The dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.

E7. Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth

Oct 25, 2023 · 52m

Emerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.

E8. Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire

Oct 25, 2023 · 50m

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?