Episode 5: Human Planet

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Just a short time after their appearance, humans become the dominant species on Earth. But despite their success they have to face threats from above and below. Like a super-volcano eruption with devastating consequences for life all around the globe. Or an asteroid coming down over a forest, with a force capable of killing millions of people. With latest technology scientists around the world are working on groundbreaking missions to develop ways to mitigate future catastrophes.

Our planet has had a difficult and violent past. The potential for life all begins when Earth collides with another protoplanet, the size of Mars, shortly after the formation of…

Temperatures are about to plummet as our planet heads straight into a period known as ‘Snowball Earth’. Throughout its history, Earth has continuously fluctuated between greenhouse and icehouse. But…

Around 540 million years ago, the ancestors of almost all complex organisms that exist today suddenly emerge in the shelf seas of the Cambrian. But plate tectonics and climatic fluctuations keep…

In the Triassic a new group of reptiles rises to rule the world. The dinosaurs dominate our planet for over 150 million years. But when the last mass extinction strikes 66 million years ago, the…

Just a short time after their appearance, humans become the dominant species on Earth. But despite their success they have to face threats from above and below. Like a super…