Life on Earth
The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that now live around us.
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Sir David Attenborough - The story behind Life on Earth - BBC
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1.The Infinite Variety
16-01-197955mThis episode explores the variety of nature as a whole, from the South American rainforest's to the shores of Australia.
2.Building Bodies
23-01-197955mThis episode explores the various sea-living invertebrates, form the shores of Morocco to Delaware Bay.
3.The First Forests
30-01-197955mOver 400 million years ago, tiny plants began to invade the land, followed by the first animals - the ancestors of scorpions, millipedes and insects
4.The Swarming Hordes
06-02-197955mThe role of a few of the millions of insect species, some of which have developed extremely close relationships with plants. Insects pollinate flowers and in some cases neither flo...
5.Conquest of the Waters
13-02-197955mA look at some of the 30,000 species of fish which exist in populations of billions. They can fly, produce electricity, survive in hot soda lakes or under the Antarctic ice. Some,...
6.Invasion of the Land
20-02-197955mSome 350 million years ago, evolution reached one of its most crucial stages when fish crawled from water onto the land and became amphibians. Today, newts, salamanders, toads and...
7.Victors of the Dry Land
27-02-197955mA look at the history of reptiles, the first back-boned creatures to solve the problems of living high and dry on the land. Their waterproofed skin and sealed eggs enabled the migh...
8.Lords of the Air
06-03-197955mWe examine the uses and advantages of birds' unique possession - the feather. Feathers are insulators; they provide the surface of the most perfect aerofoils known - bird's wings;...
9.The Rise of the Mammals
13-03-197955mA look at the evolution of mammals from reptiles 200 million years ago. This remarkable transition involved the development of mechanisms for regulating body temperature, for allow...
10.Theme and Variations
20-03-197955mA look at some of the huge variety of mammals. Bats number over a thousand species, many hunt insects, some sip nectar, drink blood, and even catch fish. Contrast those which use s...
11.The Hunters and Hunted
27-03-197955mExplore the eternal duel between the hunters and the hunted - one of the driving forces of evolution. As the hunters develop speed and cunning, the prey becomes increasingly fast a...
12.Life in the Trees
03-04-197955mDavid Attenborough's now legendary encounter with young gorillas is featured in this episode as he looks at the history of primates, whose ancestors sought their fortune in the tre...
13.The Compulsive Communicators
10-04-197955mA look for crucial clues that help to explain how and why we have come to dominate life on Earth. He traces back the African origins of humans to nearly three million years ago, an...
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