Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "pleistocene"

1. Animal Armageddon (2009– )

45 min | Documentary, History

This documentary series explores the causes behind six major extinction events in Earth's history. It also speculates on the next such event.

Stars: Peter Ward, Michael Carroll, Craig Chesner, Mathew Wedel

Votes: 215

2. Beyond Atlantis II (2001 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

Point and click adventure about a female egyptologist who enters a newly found portal and visits ancient Egypt, the last ice age and the world of Arabian Nights to crack the metaphysical mystery of a crystal skull found by her evil rival.

Stars: Paul Bandey, David Gasman, Matthew Géczy, Lisa Ray-Jacobs

Votes: 18

3. Geography Geek (2020– )
Episode: Giant Bodies of Water in North America that Used to Exist (2023)

10 min | Documentary

Beginning back in the day when North America was divided by an inland sea, here are several major lake from prehistory and what remains of them today, culminating in the massive Lake Agassiz.

Star: Zack Fleming

4. MegalithHunter (2021– )
Episode: The Megalithic Era (2021)

12 min | Documentary, History

Megaliths began to appear throughout Eurasia over ten thousand years ago as humans transitioned away from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. But who, why and how they were created remains an unsettled question.

Star: Laura Barone

5. North 02 (2018– )
Episode: Thylacine - The Tasmanian Tiger (Feat. Natures Reality) (2021)

22 min | Documentary

Tasmanian Tigers last shared an ancestor with modern wolves they resemble during the Jurasic period 160 million years ago. So why do the resemble canines? Convergent evolution.

Stars: Dain Nelson, Natures Reality

6. SciShow (2012– )
Episode: Everyone Was Wrong About Avocados - Including Us (2023)

9 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

Some time ago a scientist suggested that giant ground sloths "might" have helped spread the large pits (seeds) of avocados. This suggestion found its way into popular culture where it was ... See full summary »

Star: Hank Green

7. North 02 (2018– )
Episode: The Perplexing Prehistory of the Sahara (2023)

20 min | Documentary

The temperature and rainfall in the Sahara are closely tied to glaciation which impacts the global water supply. Scientists have documented some 200 Interglacial periods when water was ... See full summary »

Star: Dain Nelson

8. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Hunt for the Oldest DNA (2024)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary

For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Researchers struggled to find DNA in fossils that could survive millions of years. Then, one scientist had the idea to look for DNA not in fossils - but in dirt.

Director: Niobe Thompson | Stars: Eske Willerslev, Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, Tom Gilbert, Ross MacPhee

Votes: 62

9. ExtinctZoo (2022– )
Episode: Prehistoric Australia Was Pure Nightmare Fuel (2024)

14 min | Documentary, Animation, History

When humans arrived in Austrialia about fifty thousand years ago they encountered a content that was largely dessert with the lusher areas being populated by giant reptilian predators and ... See full summary »