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Season 42 Episode 21 | 53m 32s Video has closed captioning.
How did life emerge on our primeval continent? Why was North America home to so many iconic dinosaurs like T. rex? And how did a huge sea filled with giant marine reptiles end up covering Kansas? We tell the surprising intertwined story of life and the landscape in North America.
Aired: 11/11/15
Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS viewers. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and George D. Smith.
Dive down to rare stromatolites—key clues to the evolution of virtually all complex life.
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