David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates

Name: David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-09-20
Cast: David Attenborough

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David Attenborough embarks on a remarkable 500 million-year journey revealing the extraordinary group of animals that dominate our world, and how their evolution defines our human bodies.

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StatusEnded

First AiredSeptember 20, 2013

Last AiredSeptember 27, 2013

Episode Runtime1 hr

Seasons1

Episodes2

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

natural history biology animals evolution natural selection backbone nature documentary

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Last Episode

S1 E2 • 9/27/2013

Dawn of the Mammals

David Attenborough embarks on an epic 500-million-year journey to unravel the incredible rise of the vertebrates. The evolution of animals with backbones is one of the greatest stories in natural history. To tell this story, David presents explosive new fossil evidence from China, a region he has long dreamt of exploring and the frontier of modern paleontological research. He reveals how vertebrates came to be the dominant form of animal life, and why humans are the heirs to a magnificent evolutionary heritage. This episode reveals how mammals developed from tiny nocturnal forest dwellers to the dominant form of life on the planet following the death of the dinosaurs. David explains how the meteoric rise of mammals led to an astounding diversity of life and laid the foundations for the ascent of man.