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Shortly after humans appear, they become the dominant species on Earth, but face threats from both above and below -- volcanic eruptions and falling asteroids; now scientists around the world use the latest technology to mitigate future catastrophes.

Fateful Planet

Age of Humankind

In the Triassic period, dinosaurs rose to dominate the planet for 150 million years; 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs vanished along with 75% of all species; experts use the latest scientific methods to discover what killed the dinosaurs.

Doom of the Dinosaurs

540 million years ago, the ancestors of modern organisms suddenly emerge in the Cambrian seas; evolution progresses and leaps onto land; but 250 million years ago, huge volcanic eruptions trigger the most severe mass extinctions in Earth's history.

Great Dying

Throughout its history, Earth has continuously fluctuated between greenhouse and icehouse; an icehouse phase known as Snowball Earth was the most extreme period of cold the planet ever witnessed, with ice encasing Earth from the poles to the equator.

Snowball Earth

Shortly after the formation of solar system, the potential for life begins when Earth collides with another protoplanet; Earth survives, and a new world is created: the moon; without the moon, there may not have been life on Earth.

Dramatic Birth

A reconstruction of events that shaped the world and shows how life evolved, despite apocalyptic catastrophes.

S1 E1 | Dramatic Birth

E5 | Age of Humankind

E4 | Doom of the Dinosaurs

E3 | Great Dying

E2 | Snowball Earth

E1 | Dramatic Birth