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Explore mammals’ surprising origins, long before the age of dinosaurs.
The surprising story of mammal evolution begins long before the age of dinosaurs. Witness how some of our prehistoric mammal relatives survived global catastrophes, defying extinction and evolving into the vast array of mammals we know today – including us.
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Mammal Origins Preview
Preview: Season 53 Episode 4 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The surprising story of mammal evolution begins long before the age of dinosaurs. Witness how some of our prehistoric mammal relatives survived global catastrophes, defying extinction and evolving into the vast array of mammals we know today – including us.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(exciting music) - [Narrator] Mammals.
How did our story begin?
New discoveries are revealing bizarre creatures.
- We have the very earliest ancestors of mammals.
- [Narrator] From evolved before dinosaurs.
- [Scientist] Four times as old as the oldest T-Rex.
- [Narrator] Enduring some of the deadliest days on Earth.
- It became apparent that there were two extinction events.
- [Narrator] What was the secret to their survival?
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