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# Who Survived the Great Dying – and Why | Life and Death on Pangea
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/eons/episode/who-survived-the-great-dying-and-why-life-and-death-on-pangea-pzs3ev/
- Published: 2026-08-18T18:15:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T21:01:02.000Z
- Description: Life begins to rebound after the destruction of the mass extinction ending the Permian Period.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Eons, Season 9, Episode 6, #ZZZ_Episode_71d34a26-4066-4cab-abc2-630fe3f7ff63, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_097a92b5-f8ed-4727-9486-f3b9368ac0ef, #v1.16

Around 250 million years ago, at the dawn of the Triassic Period, life on Earth was devastated. Eventually, the survivors of the Permian would be replaced by new ecosystems unlike anything the world had ever seen. The age of reptiles was beginning.