Plus providing us with a history full of errors they committed, which we seem determined to repeat, one after the other.
The trouble with this early creatures show is they keep citing behavioral traits for which there is zero evidence, based on hypothetical ecological niches similar to more modern creatures, of whose behaviors we have evidence. I get rather annoyed at this, but the animations are still great.
The most interesting about this Engineering an Empire show is that it's hosted by Peter Weller - the actor from Robocop and 24. Evidently he has a master's degree in Roman and Rennaissance art and is also a literature and fine arts professor at Syracuse University.