Prehistoric Road Trip

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.

What is Deep Time?
58s

Emily breaks down the concept of deep time.

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.

Digging for Jurassic Dinosaurs
7m 4s

Emily joins a crew working to unearth a Diplodocus.

The Time of the Titans
4m 32s

Emily talks with Cary Woodruff, an expert on sauropods.

Dig for a Day
2m 23s

Emily joins a group digging for a day at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center.

Traces of Discovery
5m 25s

Emily talks with Melissa Connely about a discovery she made within a trace fossil.

SUE and Me
4m 11s

Emily visits the Graslie ranch to talk with her dad about the discovery of SUE.

Introducing Lee Rex
4m 21s

Emily talks to J.P. Cavigelli about a specimen known as “Lee Rex.”

Horns in the Hills
8m 50s

Emily meets up with a crew that’s digging up a Triceratops.

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.

The Clam’s Testimony
5m 27s

Emily looks for fossil clams with Tom Tobin.

Preservation of Plants
2m 29s

Emily looks for fossil plant leaves with Paige Wilson.

Survivors of the Apocalypse
3m 43s

Emily visits the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum to look at a collection of tiny fossils.

The Dino Shindig
4m 36s

Emily celebrates paleontology at the Dino Shindig.

The Meek Survivors
2m 18s

Emily explores mammal fossils with Dr. Tyler Lyson.

Tiny Teeth, Big Pictures
2m 24s

Dr. Laura Vietti demonstrates the technology used to examine tiny fossils.

Discovery in the Badlands
8m 6s

Emily explores the fossil mammals of Badlands National Park.

A Miocene Menagerie
3m 27s

Emily travels to Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.

A Mammoth Surprise
4m 12s

Emily hears the story of the Mammoth Site at Hot Springs.

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.

Earth’s Next Chapter
4m 23s

Emily works with scientists studying the pallid sturgeon.

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.

Rattlesnake Encounter
16s

The Prehistoric Road Trip crew happens upon a rattlesnake.

Fred the Cat
38s

A stray cat tries to get into the production van.