Explains how both conflict and cooperation have helped shape the species that today populate our world. And it profiles the winners and losers - from the massive dinosaurs to the humble bacteria that have survived for billions of years.
Despite overwhelming obstacles, life on Earth has evolved from the most humble of beginnings to a level of diversity that challenges human comprehension. The fittest have indeed survived - even in places where no living creatures could be thought to exist. NATURE's six-part series TRIUMPH OF LIFE presents the remarkable story of evolution and its survivors.