Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures

Professor Richard Fortey travels to some of the greatest fossil sites on earth to discover more about the distant past.

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Mar 11, 2014

1 seaons till Mar 25, 2014

Popularity: 4.6667
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Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: The Mammal Hothouse

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 3 episodes

Season 1

Aired

3 Episodes
  • Episode 1Weird Wonders60 min

    In the Rockies, Richard Fortey explores a fossilised seabed containing bizarre life forms that have revolutionised understanding about the beginnings of complex life.

  • Episode 2Feathered Dinosaurs60 min

    Professor Richard Fortey visits China to see a fossil site that has yielded remains of feathered dinosaurs and rewritten the story of the origin of birds.

  • Episode 3The Mammal Hothouse60 min

    Professor Richard Fortey investigates the remains of an ancient volcanic lake in Germany where fossils of early mammals and giant insects have been found.

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