Season 1

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  6.9/1010 votes

  Size Matters

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/2014

  Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod Ben shows what bone is constructed from and how it can support animals that are both tiny (a frog) and massive (the blue whale).

  Director: Aaron Paul

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Down to Earth

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/2014

  Ben Garrod discovers how the skeleton has adapted for vertebrates to move on land in many ways and explores the role of the spine in both cheetahs and snakes.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Into the Air

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/2014

  Ben Garrod finds out how the skeleton has allowed vertebrates to take to the air, why the pigeon is an exceptional flier and how the albatross makes huge migrations.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Sensing the World

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2014

  Ben Garrod delves into the surprising ways in which bone has evolved to help vertebrates sense the world around them, from wolves and sheep to the great grey owl.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Food for Thought

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2014

  Ben Garrod uncovers the secrets of how vertebrates capture and devour their food using extreme jaws, bizarre teeth and specialised bony tools.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Sex

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/2014

  Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown