Prehistoric Road Trip

A 32-Million-Year-Old Murder Mystery

Emily Graslie talks to Kylie Ferguson, who found the fossilized skull of a nimravid in Badlands National Park as a third grader. The nimravid is distantly related to the saber-toothed cat – but no less ferocious. Kylie revisits the skull she found years ago and learns that it contains all the makings of a 32-million-year-old murder mystery.

A 32-Million-Year-Old Murder Mystery

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    Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts

    S1 E3 - 55m 49s

    Join Emily as she continues her adventure, discovering surprising truths hidden in the fossil record. Meanwhile, scientists studying our planet’s past are revealing clues about its future.

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    We Dig Dinosaurs

    S1 E2 - 55m 46s

    Cruise with Emily into the Cretaceous, when astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet. But what happened to these tremendous animals? And how did other life forms survive an apocalyptic asteroid crash into Earth 66 million years ago?

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    Welcome to Fossil Country

    S1 E1 - 53m 56s

    Travel with Emily through billions of years of Earth’s history to meet some of its earliest life forms, from primitive bacteria to giant reptiles and many surprising creatures in between.

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