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The Day The Earth Nearly Died
The Day The Earth Nearly Died
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The Day The Earth Nearly Died

2002
Directed byNick Davidson
0h 49m

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.

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Jack FortuneNarratorAdrian JonesSelfVincent Courtillot
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