DC Planet of Life (1995) Part 4 Creatures of the Skies

Earthquakes, volcanoes, ice ages, landslides, floods, life evolution, plate motions—all of these phenomena have interacted over the vast expanses of deep time to sculpt the dynamic planet that we live on today. This Emmy award-winning Discovery Channel series traces the four-billion-year evolutionary history of the world covering the origin and evolution of life on Earth. Each episode covers a separate chapter in the biography of the world, the geological, physical and chemical conditions in which life might arise. Examine the birth, development, and destiny of earth. Series is narrated by Stacy Keach, and produced in conjunction with NHK network.

Part 4: Creatures of the Skies

This episode looks at the first reptiles to discover and make use of flight. Creatures of the Skies traces the angiosperm revolution and flight adaptations from pterosaurs to archeopteryx to modern birds and butterflies. Soar through the atmosphere with pterosaurs, the first flying vertebrates, and unravel the mysterious origins of birds. We look how these creatures eventually evolved into birds in Creatures of the Skies.

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