You are here:
BBC >
Science & Nature >
Prehistoric Life >
Wild New World
 |
|
|
21st century North America - a place where mankind has pushed modern technology to the limit. Yet, in evolutionary terms, human presence here is relatively recent. At the end of the last ice age 13,000 years ago, huge mammoths and giant short-faced bears dominated the vast landscape. Into this dramatic scene walked the first North American ancestors. Intriguing clues locked in the land and state of the art computer graphics take us back in time to explore this Wild New World.
|
  |
|
 |
What kind of animal lived here 14,000 years ago? How many exist now and why did so many become extinct? |
|
|
|
What did a mammoth look like and how did it move and live? What evidence do we have for what we know? |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North America at the end of the last ice age is vastly different to today's landscapes. But what was the ice age like? |
|
|
|
Who were the first North American settlers? How and when did they arrive? It's still a hot debate. |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
