Der urzeitliche Stamm der Ulam wird von den Neanderthalern überfallen und besiegt. Schlimmer als die schmachvolle Flucht in die Sümpfe ist jedoch der Verlust des Feuers ohne dem Hunger- und Erfrierungstod drohen. Daher begeben sich drei junge Männer auf die Suche nach dem lebensspendenden Feuer, das weder die Ulams noch die Neanderthaler selbst entfachen können.
Sir David Attenborough schließt sich Ben Garrod und einem Team von Forschern auf einem Mammutfriedhof in der Nähe von Swindon an, um herauszufinden, ob Neandertaler die Eiszeit-Riesen getötet haben könnten.
Terrorvögel, bis zu 14 Meter lange Reptilien oder riesige Bären – gewaltige Raubtiere bevölkerten in der Urzeit die Erde. Skelettfunde legen von ihnen Zeugnis ab. Mithilfe des Computers rekonstruierten Wissenschaftler für die Dokumentarserie, wie diese Tiere ausgesehen haben. In sensationellen Animationen erweckten sie sie wieder zum Leben.
Join hosts Hank Green, Kallie Moore, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age. The evolutionary history of mammals including humans and other modern species is explored with these amazing paleontology experts.
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts explores how life on earth first began. Using real footage, the series goes inside the body of our monster ancestors. For the first time, morphing technology is used to reveal how our ancestors evolved.
Zoologist Nigel Marvin travels back in time to visit deadly creatures of the prehistoric oceans.
Professor Robert Winston meets Lucy, the first upright ape, and follows her ancestors on the three-million-year journey to civilisation.
Imagines prehistoric life in this entertainment series about dinosaur battles. Computer-generated dinosaurs engage in conflicts choreographed using paleontological evidence from 70-million-year-old crime scenes. Jurassic Fight Club was hosted by George Blasing, a self-taught paleontologist.
Three part series detailing the dangerous prehistoric creatures humans met as they explored the world for the first time.
Journey through the long-vanished corners of prehistoric North America, beginning when man first entered the vast, unspoiled continent some 14,000 years ago, in this appealing BBC documentary. Witness ancient beasts, mammoths, mastodons, giant bears, and sabre-toothed cats, and see the legacies each has passed to their modern successors. Computer animation and digital effects bring to life mammoths, saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths, short-faced bears, glyptodonts, and a plethora of smaller animals in a lush Ice Age mosaic. Discoveries from sites across America are the basis for the reconstructions. The BBC team behind "Blue Planet" and "Walking with Dinosaurs" now takes you back to an 'early America' beyond imagination. Travel back 14,000 years as humans were first entering the continent, sharing it with ancient beasts.
