Prehistoric Road Trip
Join Emily Graslie for a summer road trip through the heart of America's dinosaur country.
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Join Emily Graslie for a summer road trip through the heart of America's dinosaur country.
Episode 1 Preview | Welcome to Fossil Country
S1 Ep1 | 30s
Travel through billions of years of history to meet some of the earliest life forms.
There’s Something Fishy in Montana’s Fossil Deposits
S1 Ep1 | 2m 35s
Emily Graslie and Dr. Eileen Grogan look for fossil fish in Montana.
Episode 2 Preview | We Dig Dinosaurs
S1 Ep2 | 30s
Cruise into the Cretaceous, when astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet.
How the Soil Tells the Story of the Dinosaur Extinction
S1 Ep2 | 3m 18s
The soil in North Dakota has clues from the day the dinosaurs went extinct.
Episode 3 Preview | Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts
S1 Ep3 | 30s
Join Emily as discovers surprising truths hidden in the fossil record.
A 32-Million-Year-Old Murder Mystery
S1 Ep3 | 2m 43s
Emily Graslie talks to Kylie Ferguson, who made a surprising discovery as a kid.
The Black Hills: My Backyard
3m 16s
Emily meets up with geologist Dr. Mark Fahrenbach at Custer State Park.
Early Hints of Life
5m 13s
Emily talks to Dr. Kelli Trujillo about the bacteria that made our planet oxygen-rich.
There’s Something Fishy in Central Montana
11m 9s
Emily travels to central Montana in search of ancient fish fossils.
How Do Fossils Form?
6m 44s
Emily meets with Dr. Sarah Keenan to understand the fossilization process.
The Bone Wars
2m 30s
An infamous battle between two early paleontologists played out at the Morrison Formation.
Traces of Discovery
5m 25s
Emily talks with Melissa Connely about a discovery she made within a trace fossil.
Triceratops through Time
6m 17s
Emily travels to Montana to talk to Dr. John Scannella about how Triceratops evolved.
Surveying with Standing Rock
6m 27s
Benjamin M. Eagle shows Emily around a fossil site in Standing Rock.
Tracing the Day the Dinosaurs Died
4m 11s
Emily talks to paleontologist Dr. Clint Boyd about the day the dinosaurs died.
Survivors of the Apocalypse
3m 43s
Emily visits the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum to look at a collection of tiny fossils.
Tiny Teeth, Big Pictures
2m 24s
Dr. Laura Vietti demonstrates the technology used to examine tiny fossils.
The Lost Monument
3m 45s
The decommissioned Fossil Cycad National Monument was once a rich paleobotany site.
The Value of Fossils
12m 6s
Emily Graslie explores the history of fossil collection on Native American land.
Climate Change in the Fossil Record
9m 11s
Emily meets up with a team of scientists studying an ancient global warming event.
Climate Change in the Fossil Record
9m 11s
Emily meets up with a team of scientists studying an ancient global warming event.
Mary Anning Found More Than Seashells by the Seashore
3m 48s
Mary Anning was an early paleontologist who didn’t get credit in her time.
What Can We Learn from Looking Inside a Dinosaur Bone?
5m 5s
Go behind the scenes of the paleohistology lab at Museum of the Rockies.
Road Trip Reflections: Geology Rocks!
4m 55s
Emily Graslie and director and producer Ally Gimbel reflect on the road trip.
Meet the Rock Stars of Paleontology and Geology
5m 44s
The experts from Prehistoric Road share their experiences and advice.
Behind the Scenes: Camping Accommodations
2m 18s
Emily shows off the camp site where the Prehistoric Road Trip crew stayed a few nights.
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