Crash Course Big History

tv show

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16 total episodes

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2 seasons

First Aired September 17, 2014

Overview

Big History examines our past, explains our present, and imagines our future. It's a story about us. An idea that arose from a desire to go beyond specialized and self-contained fields of study to grasp history as a whole.

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Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters

Season 2 - Episode 3 - 0h 12m

Air Date

June 06, 2017

Overview

Today we're talking about evolution–basically the history of all life on Earth. The thing is, why are we talking about this. Well, the story of life, all the way back to single celled microbes billions of years ago, is all part of our human story. An important facet of the story of life is the story of death. This episode will look at the various mass extinctions along the way, and we'll also talk about the sixth mass extinction, which is going on now, and is kind of driven by humans. Sorry everybody.