11 Best Nature Documentaries on Netflix Streaming

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7. How to Grow a Planet

Site Score: 2, IMDb Score 7; Overall Score: 9 points
Directed by Nick Shoolingin-Jordan and Nigel Walk
Year: 2012

How to Grow a Planet is a three-part series produced by the BBC. Narrated by professor Iain Stewart, each episode deals with the different aspect of our planet’s history that has contributed to its current form, as well as the form of its inhabitants. Professor Stewart explains in great detail how various changes have helped shape our planet and why are the plants mostly responsible for them. In the first episode, Life from Light, he explains how plants managed to use Sun’s energy and create an atmosphere. In the second, The Power of Flowers, Professor Stewart shows us how flowers started the evolution of animals, ultimately leading to humans. In third and final, The Challenger, he explains how a simple grass was responsible for forcing our ancestors to give up trees and begin the evolution on the endless plains of Africa.

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