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Sir David Attenborough goes back in time to the roots of the tree of life, in search of the very first animals, telling their story...
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Network:BBC Two
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Season 1
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Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/5/2010
Attenborough's journey begins in a forest near his childhood home in Leicester, where a fossil discovery transformed our understanding of the evolution of complex life. Travelling to the fog bound coastline of Newfoundland and the Australian outback, Attenborough unearths the earliest forms of animal life to exist on Earth.
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Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/2010
Attenborough's journey continues in Canada's Rocky Mountains, where fossils document an explosion in animal diversity never seen before or since. Travelling from there to North Africa, the rainforests of Australia and the east coast of Scotland, Attenborough discovers how animals evolved to conquer not only the oceans but also the land and air.
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