That Time Almost Everything Died -
eons: life and death on pangea

Sun, Nov 15 12:30 A.M. NHPBS (11.1)

The Permian Period ended with the biggest mass extinction of all time; more than 80% of species vanished. It altered the course of evolution in ways that we can still feel. And it was caused by a rapidly changing climate.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 105

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Sun, Nov 15	12:30 A.M.	That Time Almost Everything Died NHPBS (11.1)

About Eons: Life and Death On Pangea:

It's the final act of the Paleozoic Era, just before the Age of Dinosaurs begins, and dark times are ahead.

In this series we will tell the story of life on the supercontinent of Pangea.

From a landscape ruled by strange mammal-relatives, through the relentless hellscape of the Great Dying itself and its aftermath, this series will shed light on the world of the Permian, how it ended, and how life recovered.

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