Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

And so the mammoths and other species, including people, by the way, spread from Siberia into North America. So continuing my... geographical story, we ended up in Eastern Asia, the mammoth spread right across into Alaska, and then all the way to the Atlantic seaboard of North America, and roughly down to the level of the Great Lakes in the United States.

And so the mammoths and other species, including people, by the way, spread from Siberia into North America. So continuing my... geographical story, we ended up in Eastern Asia, the mammoth spread right across into Alaska, and then all the way to the Atlantic seaboard of North America, and roughly down to the level of the Great Lakes in the United States.

And so the mammoths and other species, including people, by the way, spread from Siberia into North America. So continuing my... geographical story, we ended up in Eastern Asia, the mammoth spread right across into Alaska, and then all the way to the Atlantic seaboard of North America, and roughly down to the level of the Great Lakes in the United States.

So I don't know how many square kilometers that is, but it's absolutely vast. And it's been estimated that at their peak, there were At least 10 million mammoths living in that area.

So I don't know how many square kilometers that is, but it's absolutely vast. And it's been estimated that at their peak, there were At least 10 million mammoths living in that area.

So I don't know how many square kilometers that is, but it's absolutely vast. And it's been estimated that at their peak, there were At least 10 million mammoths living in that area.

It's been a pleasure. Thank you for inviting me.

It's been a pleasure. Thank you for inviting me.

It's been a pleasure. Thank you for inviting me.

You know, there's a label for these large, now extinct animals. They call them charismatic fauna. And it's not because they had really pleasing personalities. It's just that you can't stop thinking about the damn things. They're so big, they're so interesting, and they're so gone. It's just a really, it's a fun topic to think about.

You know, there's a label for these large, now extinct animals. They call them charismatic fauna. And it's not because they had really pleasing personalities. It's just that you can't stop thinking about the damn things. They're so big, they're so interesting, and they're so gone. It's just a really, it's a fun topic to think about.

You know, there's a label for these large, now extinct animals. They call them charismatic fauna. And it's not because they had really pleasing personalities. It's just that you can't stop thinking about the damn things. They're so big, they're so interesting, and they're so gone. It's just a really, it's a fun topic to think about.

It may not have been fun to be a woolly mammoth because they are gone, but it's something that has intrigued scientists and the lay public for quite literally centuries.

It may not have been fun to be a woolly mammoth because they are gone, but it's something that has intrigued scientists and the lay public for quite literally centuries.

It may not have been fun to be a woolly mammoth because they are gone, but it's something that has intrigued scientists and the lay public for quite literally centuries.

Unlike dinosaurs, people did once see them. People were on the landscape with them. It must have really been something to come around the corner and see one of these aircraft carriers of the animal kingdom lumbering by. What a sight.

Unlike dinosaurs, people did once see them. People were on the landscape with them. It must have really been something to come around the corner and see one of these aircraft carriers of the animal kingdom lumbering by. What a sight.

Unlike dinosaurs, people did once see them. People were on the landscape with them. It must have really been something to come around the corner and see one of these aircraft carriers of the animal kingdom lumbering by. What a sight.

We actually have a number of species of mammoths. The woolly mammoths are occupants, denizens of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. But as you get further south, there's other mammoth species, and in fact, other proboscidean species, that is to say, other elephants. These are all distant animal relatives of African elephants and Asian elephants, which, of course, are still surviving today.

We actually have a number of species of mammoths. The woolly mammoths are occupants, denizens of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. But as you get further south, there's other mammoth species, and in fact, other proboscidean species, that is to say, other elephants. These are all distant animal relatives of African elephants and Asian elephants, which, of course, are still surviving today.