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Webs vs wings: The arms race of the air

Season 7 Episode 17 | 8m 10s

Spiders and their ancestors have been driving an arms race that began before either stepped foot onto land and resulted in the first powered flight on Earth. But how did this competition of webs versus wings drive such a massive evolutionary adaptation into an entirely new realm?

Aired: 03/24/25
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How did a relative of the red panda end up in North America?
Why plate tectonics don't make sense.
Why was it the mammals who triumphed?
What do mountains reveal about primates?
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We may have planet-shattering asteroids...
What doomed the Neandertals?
What did life look like when the Amazon watershed flowed backwards?
Did you know the evolution of the butthole was a major breakthrough in animal development?
Learn about the complicated the history of mammals and their disappearance.