geology

This episode is all about primates and how the modern human gained the upper hand in nature’s game of survival. (45 min)

This concluding episode reveals, through time and isolation, how animals and plants on the Galapagos Islands have evolved in the most surprising ways to cope with the profound geological and climatic forces affecting them. (49 min)

From about 250 Ma to 150 Ma, there were likely multiple global catastrophic events that changed the dominant life forms, mammals being the latest. (44 min)

In this first episode Iain Stewart explores the relationship between the deep Earth and the development of human civilization. (59 min)

This episode follows our ancestors from the shallow saltwater seas to the freshwater rivers, then discusses the colonization of land. Mainly Devonian and Carboniferous periods. (44 min)

This episode mainly focuses on the two Snowball Earth events in the Mid-precambrian period, and the effect they had on life. There’s a similar occurrence in the modern day in Greenland. (44 min)

From a BBC documentary series, this episode shows the awesome power of nature seen through amazing time lapse computer animation. (58 min)

This episode chronicles the early stages of the earth’s history, from formation to the mid-Precambrian. There’s an excellent simulation of a 500 km wide asteroid collision, similar to those that formed the proto-planets.