Dinos ruled the earth for millions of years, but after the asteroid, reptiles and birds took a back seat to the mammals. We took over. This is the story of how our ancestors emerged from the ashes and spread all over the world, eventually setting the stage for human beings to appear.

Examining the nature of the beast.

From apex predators to the planet's strangest creatures, Animalogic delves deep into the science, behavior, and biology of the animal kingdom, one species at a time.

00:00 Why Did Mammals Beat Dinos?
01:10 Mammals Before the Dinosaurs
04:52 The Permian Extinction
05:42 Why We Know So Little About Early Mammals
07:01 Size Limits
08:53 Birds Are Dinosaurs
10:06 Fossil Record Bias
11:19 Small Dinosaurs vs Small Mammals
12:51 The Asteroid Impact Event
13:42 What the World Was Like After Impact
15:58 Global Nuclear Winter
18:59 Mass Extinction as a Game of Chance
21:23 Why Birds Survived
23:19 How Scientists Study Early Mammals
26:55 Giant “Terror Birds” After the Extinction
27:57 Moas: The Last Dinosaur-Dominated Ecosystem
28:58 Could Mammals Survive Another Asteroid?

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