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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals - With Steve Brusatte

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This lecture traces mammalian evolution from their origins 325 million years ago through the dinosaur era, mass extinctions, the ice age, and the human age. It uses fossil discoveries and new technologies to explain mammalian diversification and humanity’s impact on modern mammals.

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Introduction and background to book
The origin story of mammals
Our distant relative the Dimetrodon
The mega volcanoes responsible for mass extinction
The age of dinosaurs and mammals
Fossils on the Isle of Skye
Feathered dinosaur fossils in China
The Asteroid
The mammals that survived the asteroid
The Eocene - the first recognisable mammals
The Oligocene meets Charles Darwin
The Australian rainforest and marsupials
The ice age
The human age

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