Nova:Series49Part3GreatMammothMystery
SirDavidAttenboroughinvestigatesauniquesiteinsouthernEnglandwhereamateurfossilhuntersuncoveredgiantmammothbonesandevidenceofNeanderthals.AteamofpaleontologistsandarchaeologistssoondiscoverthatthesitepreservesrareevidenceoftheextinctbeastsandearlyhumaninhabitantsofBritaindatingtoover200,000yearsago.WhatskillsdidtheearlyhumanshavetohelpthemsurviveduringtheIceAge?Howdidtheyhuntandprotectthemselvesagainstformidablecreaturessuchasmammoths?Withhands-onexperimentswithreplicasofNeanderthal-eraspearsandstonetools,theworldofprehistoricBritaincomestolife.