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- A brief account of the Earth's geological progression, from its creation 4.6 billion years ago to scientists' predictions of its demise more than 2.5 billion years in the future.
- On the 24th August 79 AD, the eruption of Vesuvius eradicated the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Exactly what forces did our planet unleash to kill so many people? Using modern science, the mysteries of the devastation are revealed.
- The human voice has evolved over 200,000 years. Not even the most advanced computer synthesizers and talking robots ever devised can begin to reproduce its extraordinary complexity and emotional power. But recently, scientists have made a remarkable discovery with disturbing implications - we respond to even the most artificial voices as though they are real, using the same parts of our brains to interact with machines as we do with other humans.
- Tom Holland explores how our ancestors sought to explain the remains of dinosaurs and other giant prehistoric creatures, and how bones and fossils have affected human culture.
- Explore the life of the Dodo Bird in this episode.
- Archeologists find footprints (in one case literally) of prehistoric people in Britain from different ages, waves and paleontological qualifications, as early as 5000,000 BC, including Neanderthals and even an earlier, distinct species. Homo sapiens arrived only the latest 31,000 years, but also in different waves, due to extremely variable climatological and geological conditions, mainly the stages of the latest Ice Age.
- Dara and his team of experts tackle some of the biggest ideas in science, with subjects including the brain, space, music and reproduction.
- David presents modern methods to thoroughly test reputed extraordinary performances of super-athletic species. First the muscular strength and jumping ability of insects many time exceeding, in comparison, the best mammal performances, notably the flee, thanks to anatomy and a superior enzyme. Then the cheetah, speed champion on land, albeit it less bullet-like then long assumed due to faulty measuring.