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The Day The Earth Nearly Died

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Duration49 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateDec 5, 2002

Overview

Some 250 million years ago, all but five per cent of life on Earth was wiped out in the greatest disaster our planet has ever experienced, yet the cause of this event has long remained a mystery. Palaeontologists in Greenland explain the answers.

Genres

  • Documentary

Casts

Jack Fortune

Jack Fortune

Narrator

Adrian Jones

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Vincent Courtillot

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Gregory Retallack

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Peter Ward

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Paul Wignall

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Michael Benton

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Michael R. Rampino

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