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Retraces how the mysteries of dinosaurs were first undiscovered by scientists in the 1800s.
Now playingMiniseries, Episode 1
Watching1. The Tale of a Tooth
When Englishman William Buckland found a large tooth in 1824, scientists began to unravel the mystery a world no one knew existed.
2. Tale of a Bone
Cronkite heads to Montana, Wyoming and Utah, where dinosaur bones were discovered in the 1870s.
3. The Tale of an Egg
A dinosaur egg was found in the Gobi Desert in 1922. More eggs were found later in a nesting site in Montana.
4. Tale of a Feather
The story of an unusual dinosaur with feathers found in Germany in 1861.