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Life on Our Planet
Life's extraordinary journey to conquer, adapt and survive on Earth across billions of years comes alive in this groundbreaking nature docuseries.
- Cast:
- Morgan Freeman
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Network:
- Netflix
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E01
Episode 1
★ 8.0Chapter 1: The Rules of Life
2023-10-25 · 43mEvolution. Competition. Mass extinction. Three fundamental rules have driven the rise and fall of life on Earth for over four billion years.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.2Chapter 2: The First Frontier
2023-10-25 · 54mFor billions of years, land on Earth was uninhabitable. But in the seas, predation allowed species to thrive before — and after — two mass extinctions.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.4Chapter 3: Invaders of the Land
2023-10-25 · 57mSprawling moss, towering trees, flying insects, limbed amphibians: Early species vied for domination as the land went from hostile to hospitable.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 8.0Chapter 4: In Cold Blood
2023-10-25 · 55mAfter Earth's third mass extinction, mammals' surviving ancestors ruled the supercontinent Pangea. But lizards soon ushered in the age of reptiles.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.8Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Giants
2023-10-25 · 51mThe formation of continents with varied environments allowed for an explosion of biodiversity — and turbo-charged the evolution of mighty dinosaurs.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 8.2Chapter 6: Out of the Ashes
2023-10-25 · 53mThe dinosaurs met their end with a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Rising from the ashes, birds reinvented themselves into a dynasty 10,000 species strong.
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Episode 7
★ 6.7Chapter 7: Inheriting the Earth
2023-10-25 · 52mEmerging from the dinosaurs' shadows, mammals went from underdogs to global power, with game-changing adaptations that would conquer land, air and sea.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.0Chapter 8: Age of Ice and Fire
2023-10-25 · 50mAs the Ice Age thawed, humans rose above the rest. But the possibility of a sixth mass extinction now looms: Has our ingenuity caused our downfall?
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Morgan Freeman
Self - Narrator (voice)
