Today, we humans run the show. However, in the past many other species have dominated and died at the hands of our capricious planet. Whether it was an asteroid from the sky or lava from below it seems that on a timeline the chances of survival for all sophisticated life becomes zero. We look at key events over the last 100,000 years that could have changed everything.
In this truly spectacular documentary series, we go on a journey through the history of natural disasters. We'll be investigating from the planet's beginnings to the present, putting a new perspective on our existence and suggesting that we are the product of catastrophe.
For each disaster led to another leap forward on the evolutionary trail form single celled bacteria to humankind itself.