Episode 209 of tvN ‘Naked World History’, which will air on the 24th, will reveal the reason why mammals were able to become the rulers of the Earth.

According to the production team, Dr.Jinyoung Park of the Institute for Basic Science at Seoul National University will be the lecturer.Dr.Jinyoung Park, a paleontologist who studies ancient organisms, will delve into the history of the mass extinction that changed the rulers of the Earth.

Dr.Park Jin-young says, “A mass extinction is a phenomenon in which more than 75% of the species on Earth disappear within a short period of time,” and explains that mass extinctions have occurred as many as five times in Earth’s history.He then goes on to introduce in detail the timing and causes of the five mass extinctions, as well as the creatures that disappeared and survived as a result.


Dr.Park Jin-young says, “The terrible mass extinction was an opportunity for some.” After the extinction of existing predators, the remaining creatures rose to become top predators.In particular, there will be a lecture on how mammalian ancestors of humans, born after overcoming death, became the rulers of the Earth, and whether humans can prevent the crisis of the sixth great disaster.

Meanwhile, on this day, actress Yoon So-hee, a graduate of KAIST, and science communicator Gwak-gwi will be joining us as travel mates.The two are said to have been informative as they shared not only the sixth catastrophe signal that has befallen the Earth, but also various characteristics of life forms on Earth from the Paleozoic to the Cenozoic era.

The broadcast is at 10:10 PM on the 24th.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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