A planet built to cradle life has died five times—and started over. From the Ordovician ice to the Deccan firestorms, Earth’s history is a loop of catastrophe and comeback. Each mass extinction resets the board; each reset crowns new winners that shape the next age.
“Prehistoric Worlds” follows the survivors’ thread—bony fish that crawled to land, forests that terraformed the sky, dinosaurs that ruled for 175 million years, and the tiny mammals that seized a world remade by an asteroid. Along the way, scientists decode clues locked in stone: buzzsaw sharks, thunderclap giants, and micro-crustaceans that hacked survival itself.
Today, a sixth crisis accelerates—not volcanic or cosmic, but human. If history teaches anything, it’s this: the dominant fall, but life finds a way. The choice before us is whether we join the survivors—or become another layer in the rock.
Documentary: Prehistoric Worlds
Director: Alexis de Favitski
Production: ZED, CuriosityStream & NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation (2019)
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