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- An extinct species or subspecies of the genus Homo which is closely related to modern humans. They are known from fossils, dating from the Pleistocene period, which have been found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia.
- David Attenborough explores Charles Darwin's controversial theory of evolution by natural selection.
- Famous naturalist David Attenborough explains the rise and fall of pterosaurs, mistakenly known as flying dinosaurs. He also flies a glider to show how big the Quetzalcoatlus, at the time the largest known pterosaur species, really was.
- Over its more than 4-billion-year history, Earth has been home to repeated violent climactic changes, which have caused mass extinctions. And yet, life has survived.
- Chemists, biologists, physicists, astronomers and geologists discuss the weaknesses of the theories of evolution and the Big Bang, as well as the strengths of the case for intelligent design and the accuracy of the Bible.
- A travel by the wonders of the universe as brief as unforgettable.
- The series begins with an in-depth look at flightless birds around the world.
- Attenborough visits several museums of natural history. With the aid of dinosaur skeletons, he demonstrates how they existed in real life, and speculates about the reasons for their sudden demise.
- In the first of this four-part BBC series, David Attenborough shows us how ancient creatures have come to be preserved as fossils and how those fossils can shed light on characteristics of these creatures' lives, and even their death. He further demonstrates how scientists use a variety of ingenious methods to extract once living creatures and plants from their rocky tombs.
- Using modern day creatures for comparison, scientists theorize what prehistoric animal traits seen within fossilized remains might have been used for during their period. Teaming together with aeronautical engineers, the Smithsonian Institution commissions a scale replica of a pterosaur to determine its flight capabilities.
- In this final installment to the series, David Attenborough travels to four unique locations about the globe where an abundance of fossilized plant and animal remains have given us a detailed picture of what life could have been like in prehistoric times. Each of the sites experienced its own set of circumstances which enabled it to preserve many perfect specimens for extraction and analysis. Piecing together the collected evidence, paleontologists have been able to determine early animal hierarchies, their diets and their evolutionary paths.
- 1994– Not Rated8.1 (11)TV Episode
- Long before the age of the dinosaurs a race of fearsome reptiles ruled the land. All but a few perished in the greatest extinction of all time. The earth still bears the mark of their deadly dynasty.
- How the Mediterranean Sea was formed, separating Southern Europe from Northern Africa, what unique animals evolved there, and how migrating birds and other land and sea creatures became dependent on it for food, breeding and habitat.
- Modern research, mainly in London and Turku (Finland), examines paleontological evidence and modern test-subjects on how the unique human sense of nudity roots in biological evolution. It proves nudity, except for patches on skull and genitals, was an advantage in hot Africa about 3 million years ago, and cloths evolved 500,000 years ago giving greater flexibility. Humans are conditioned to select 'healthy' mates from corresponding indicators, such as limited hairiness and features discernible under clothing.