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The Creature That Stumped Darwin

Season 4 Episode 6 | 6m 46s

Toxodon was one of the last members of a lineage that vanished 11,000 years ago after thriving in isolation for millions of years. And its fossils would inspire a revolutionary thinker to tackle a bigger mystery than Toxodon itself: evolution.

Aired: 08/31/21
Extras
The Permian began with the formation of a supercontinent and ended in the biggest extinction ever.
The Permian began with the formation of a supercontinent and ended in the biggest extinction ever.
The Permian began with the formation of a supercontinent and ended in the biggest extinction ever.
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The mystery of what non-flying dinosaurs were doing with their feathered wings has a new hypothesis.
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Why did vertebrates conquer both the land and the air before the depths of the sea?
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The Permian began with the formation of a supercontinent and ended in the biggest extinction ever.
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