Background to the origins of life on Earth and with the evidence of fossils, how some of today's living creatures can trace their ancestry back through the eons to those earliest of times.
Tracing the early evolution of mammals that rose to prominence following the extinction of the dinosaurs and concentrating on today's egg laying mammals (monotremes) and marsupials.
A study into those mammals that became herbivores and their colonisation over many parts of the world. Also examines their main predators and defense strategies.
Continues the mammal theme, by focusing on primates. Beginning with the lemurs of Madagascar, then describing the differences between old world and new world monkeys and concluding with a study of gorillas and chimpanzees.
Tracing the evolution of the human species from African ape to the prodigious colonization of the entire earth and the impact upon the planet both now and in the future.
