Nova, Rise of the Mammals
PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Wednesday, July 23, at 10 PM
Thursday, July 24, at 3 AM
Tuesday, July 29, at 5 PM
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe. But we know little about how their successors, the mammals, recovered and took over the world. Now, hidden inside ordinary-looking rocks, an astonishing trove of fossils reveals a dramatic new picture of how rat-sized creatures ballooned in size and began to evolve into the vast array of species.
