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How South America Made the Marsupials

How South America Made the Marsupials

Season 2 Episode 50
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When the Rainforests Collapsed

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When the Sahara Was Green

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The Ghostly Origins of the Big Cats

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When We Took Over the World

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How the Egg Came First

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The Neanderthals That Taught Us About Humanity

Season 2 Episode 48

Throughout the first half of the 20th century, Neandertals were thought to have been…primitive. Unintelligent, hunched-over cavemen, for lack of a better word. But the discoveries made in that Iraqi cave provided some of the earliest clues that Neanderthals actually behaved -- and likely thought and felt -- a lot like we do.

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