Professor Danielle Schreve

These are things like aurochs, the ancestor of our domestic cattle. We had things like elk or moose, as it's known in North America. Red deer would have been abundant, roe deer, wild boar. These are the major sort of herbivore food stock, really, for the last hunter-gatherers that we find in Britain. And those are the Mesolithic peoples.

These are things like aurochs, the ancestor of our domestic cattle. We had things like elk or moose, as it's known in North America. Red deer would have been abundant, roe deer, wild boar. These are the major sort of herbivore food stock, really, for the last hunter-gatherers that we find in Britain. And those are the Mesolithic peoples.

These are things like aurochs, the ancestor of our domestic cattle. We had things like elk or moose, as it's known in North America. Red deer would have been abundant, roe deer, wild boar. These are the major sort of herbivore food stock, really, for the last hunter-gatherers that we find in Britain. And those are the Mesolithic peoples.

Yes, so some of those species have gone right the way through to the present day. So red deer, roe deer would be a case in point. Others, such as the last remaining carnivores, whether they happen to be brown bears, lynx or wolves, we hunted to extinction really sort of from the Middle Ages onwards.

Yes, so some of those species have gone right the way through to the present day. So red deer, roe deer would be a case in point. Others, such as the last remaining carnivores, whether they happen to be brown bears, lynx or wolves, we hunted to extinction really sort of from the Middle Ages onwards.

Yes, so some of those species have gone right the way through to the present day. So red deer, roe deer would be a case in point. Others, such as the last remaining carnivores, whether they happen to be brown bears, lynx or wolves, we hunted to extinction really sort of from the Middle Ages onwards.

Other things like elk disappear quite early on in the Holocene, again, probably hunted to extinction. And some of those smaller species as well. So the Arctic foxes have gone, but instead we have red fox. We have things like wildcat as well. And they're all distributed really all over Britain.

Other things like elk disappear quite early on in the Holocene, again, probably hunted to extinction. And some of those smaller species as well. So the Arctic foxes have gone, but instead we have red fox. We have things like wildcat as well. And they're all distributed really all over Britain.

Other things like elk disappear quite early on in the Holocene, again, probably hunted to extinction. And some of those smaller species as well. So the Arctic foxes have gone, but instead we have red fox. We have things like wildcat as well. And they're all distributed really all over Britain.

So things like wildcat, which today survive only up in the Scottish Highlands, their natural habitat, which we can see from the fossil evidence, is actually deciduous woodland. And so the fossil record is

So things like wildcat, which today survive only up in the Scottish Highlands, their natural habitat, which we can see from the fossil evidence, is actually deciduous woodland. And so the fossil record is

So things like wildcat, which today survive only up in the Scottish Highlands, their natural habitat, which we can see from the fossil evidence, is actually deciduous woodland. And so the fossil record is

can play a really important role here in helping to address modern conservation issues today by giving more detailed baseline information about where species should be distributed or where they should be reintroduced today. So one of the youngest specimens that we have from the Mendip Hills, from the excavations, is a beautiful complete skeleton of a wildcat.

can play a really important role here in helping to address modern conservation issues today by giving more detailed baseline information about where species should be distributed or where they should be reintroduced today. So one of the youngest specimens that we have from the Mendip Hills, from the excavations, is a beautiful complete skeleton of a wildcat.

can play a really important role here in helping to address modern conservation issues today by giving more detailed baseline information about where species should be distributed or where they should be reintroduced today. So one of the youngest specimens that we have from the Mendip Hills, from the excavations, is a beautiful complete skeleton of a wildcat.

and it was found in association with other evidence that indicates warm and wooded conditions. So this was really optimal habitat for them.

and it was found in association with other evidence that indicates warm and wooded conditions. So this was really optimal habitat for them.

and it was found in association with other evidence that indicates warm and wooded conditions. So this was really optimal habitat for them.

Technically by 11,700. That's when we would say, yep. I mean, it depends whether you count in radiocarbon years before the present, or, you know, some people look at it from a sort of, you know, BC or before the common era. So round about that, you know, 11,700 years before the present day, that would be when we consider the, you And we've got those warm and wooded conditions.

Technically by 11,700. That's when we would say, yep. I mean, it depends whether you count in radiocarbon years before the present, or, you know, some people look at it from a sort of, you know, BC or before the common era. So round about that, you know, 11,700 years before the present day, that would be when we consider the, you And we've got those warm and wooded conditions.