Name: David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Released: 2013-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Attenborough, David Attenborough

TV Show · Documentary

Rise of Animals uses spectacular wildlife and new fossil discoveries to tell the fascinating story of how animals came to be the way they are today. David Attenborough embarks on a remarkable 500 million-year journey revealing the extraordinary group of animals that dominate our world, and how their evolution defines our human bodies.

2013 · 59m

Starring David Attenborough, David Attenborough

Director David Lee

EPISODE 1

From the Seas to the Skies

On a journey to unravel the rise of the vertebrate, David Attenborough explores their origins, which lie in primitive fish that once swam in ancient seas before their radical move onto land and beyond.

44 min
EPISODE 2

Dawn of the Mammals

As he reveals how the meteoric rise of mammals led to an astounding diversity of life, David Attenborough traces their development from tiny nocturnal forest dwellers to the dominant form of life following the demise of the dinosaurs.

44 min