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How Neanderthals Came to Inhabit Northwest Europe

Stone tools reveal that four species of human have occupied Britain.

Aired 03/02/2022

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How Neanderthals Came to Inhabit Northwest Europe

Clip: Season 49 Episode 3 | 2m 45sVideo has Closed Captions

Stone tools reveal that four species of human have occupied Britain.

Sir David Attenborough investigates with an archaeologist and paleoanthropologist how Neanderthals thrived 200,000 years ago in what is now Great Britain.

Aired 03/02/2022

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Great Mammoth Mystery Preview

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Preview: S49 Ep3 | 28s | Sir David Attenborough explores a site with traces of ancient mammoths and Neanderthals. (28s)

The Mammoth Species You've Never Heard Of

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Clip: S49 Ep3 | 3m | These bones could have belonged to some of the last surviving steppe mammoths in Britain. (3m)

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