Life on Earth

1. The Infinite Variety

Background to the origins of life on Earth and with the evidence of fossils, ...

2. Building Bodies

The continuing story of the evolution of life on earth explores the earliest ...

3. The First Forests

Explores the first land living plants and insects, the problems they faced an...

4. The Swarming Hordes

Examines the symbiosis between plants and insects together with how some inse...

5. The Conquest of the Waters

Tracing the evolution of fish leading to today's immense variety and ability ...

6. Invasion of the Land

The evolution of life continues with some fish moving on to the land and beco...

8. Lords of the Air

The evolution of birds from their first reptilian ancestors to the immense va...

9. The Rise of the Mammals

Tracing the early evolution of mammals that rose to prominence following the ...

10. Theme and Variations

The evolution of mammals continues with the focus on some placental species i...

11. The Hunters and Hunted

A study into those mammals that became herbivores and their colonisation over...

12. Life in the Trees

Continues the mammal theme, by focusing on primates. Beginning with the lemur...

13. The Compulsive Communicators

Tracing the evolution of the human species from African ape to the prodigious...