The Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Event: As It Happened

This documentary recreates the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction that wiped out three quarters of life on Earth roughly 66 million years ago. It follows the asteroid impact and its cascading effects that ended the age of the dinosaurs in a geological instant. The film uses science and reconstruction to imagine those catastrophic days as they might have unfolded. Dramatic and informative, it brings a distant apocalypse vividly to life. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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