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Life on EarthEpisodes

  1. The Compulsive Communicators

    13/13David Attenborough looks at how and why humans have come to dominate life on earth.

  2. Life in the Trees

    12/13David Attenborough looks at the history of primates.

  3. The Hunters and the Hunted

    11/13The eternal duel between the hunters and the hunted on the plains of East Africa.

  4. Themes and Variations

    10/13David Attenborough looks at some of the huge variety of mammals.

  5. The Rise of the Mammals

    9/13David Attenborough looks at the evolution of mammals from reptiles 200 million years ago.

  6. Lords of the Air

    8/13David Attenborough looks at the advantages of birds' feathers.

  7. Victors of the Dry Land

    7/13How reptiles were the first backboned creatures to solve the problems of living on land.

  8. Invasion of the Land

    6/13When fish crawled from the water onto land and became amphibians, 350 million years ago.

  9. Conquest of the Waters

    5/13David Attenborough looks at some of the 30,000 species of fish.

  10. The Swarming Hordes

    4/13David Attenborough looks at the role of a few of the millions of insect species.

  11. The First Forests

    3/13David Attenborough looks at when plants began to invade the land 400 million years ago.

  12. Building Bodies

    2/13David Attenborough examines the creatures and fossils of the Great Barrier Reef.

  13. The Infinite Variety

    1/13David Attenborough explores the wildlife and landscape that inspired Charles Darwin.