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Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard

Sir David Attenborough joins an archaeological dig uncovering Britain’s biggest mammoth discovery in almost 20 years. In 2017, in a gravel quarry near Swindon, two amateur fossil hunters found an extraordinary cache of Ice Age mammoth remains and a stone hand-axe made by a Neanderthal. Professor Ben Garrod joins the team at DigVentures during the excavation as they try to discover why the mammoths were here and how they died. Could the Neanderthals have killed these Ice Age giants?

English
  • Originally Aired December 30, 2021
  • Runtime 59 minutes
  • Production Code m0012wjh
  • Network BBC One
  • Created December 30, 2021 by
    Billy23
  • Modified December 31, 2021 by
    Billy23