Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Yes, the mammoth is a kind of iconic animal of the Ice Age, definitely. You know, these animals of the Ice Age were way more recent than dinosaurs, you know, dinosaurs are the other kind of iconic prehistoric beast, but much closer to us in time and indeed coexisting with humans.

Yes, the mammoth is a kind of iconic animal of the Ice Age, definitely. You know, these animals of the Ice Age were way more recent than dinosaurs, you know, dinosaurs are the other kind of iconic prehistoric beast, but much closer to us in time and indeed coexisting with humans.

Mammoth is, you know, the best known of what was, though, a very diverse Ice Age fauna with lots of other species alongside the mammoth, like the woolly rhino and cave bears and so on.

Mammoth is, you know, the best known of what was, though, a very diverse Ice Age fauna with lots of other species alongside the mammoth, like the woolly rhino and cave bears and so on.

Mammoth is, you know, the best known of what was, though, a very diverse Ice Age fauna with lots of other species alongside the mammoth, like the woolly rhino and cave bears and so on.

Yes, the woolly mammoth's the one we know far the best. It was the one that was spread right across the northern hemisphere throughout the last ice age and probably the ice age before that. But prior to that, we know our whole sequence of fossil species that form a really interesting evolutionary sequence

Yes, the woolly mammoth's the one we know far the best. It was the one that was spread right across the northern hemisphere throughout the last ice age and probably the ice age before that. But prior to that, we know our whole sequence of fossil species that form a really interesting evolutionary sequence

Yes, the woolly mammoth's the one we know far the best. It was the one that was spread right across the northern hemisphere throughout the last ice age and probably the ice age before that. But prior to that, we know our whole sequence of fossil species that form a really interesting evolutionary sequence

leading up to the woolly mammoth as the kind of final species of the group and the most specialized species of the group.

leading up to the woolly mammoth as the kind of final species of the group and the most specialized species of the group.

leading up to the woolly mammoth as the kind of final species of the group and the most specialized species of the group.

Well, I mean, you've only got to look at a mammoth to realize it's a kind of elephant. In fact, mammoths were elephants. They were part of the elephant family. And the elephant family arose in Africa, just like the human family, actually. The first elephant fossils were about 7 billion years old, found in East Africa and Southern Africa.

Well, I mean, you've only got to look at a mammoth to realize it's a kind of elephant. In fact, mammoths were elephants. They were part of the elephant family. And the elephant family arose in Africa, just like the human family, actually. The first elephant fossils were about 7 billion years old, found in East Africa and Southern Africa.

Well, I mean, you've only got to look at a mammoth to realize it's a kind of elephant. In fact, mammoths were elephants. They were part of the elephant family. And the elephant family arose in Africa, just like the human family, actually. The first elephant fossils were about 7 billion years old, found in East Africa and Southern Africa.

And quite soon after the origin of the family, it split into three. One was the African elephant line, which obviously stayed in Africa. One was the line which eventually left Africa and moved east into Asia and became the living Asian elephant. And the third line was the mammoth line. And the earliest fossils we've got are about 5 million years ago in South Africa.

And quite soon after the origin of the family, it split into three. One was the African elephant line, which obviously stayed in Africa. One was the line which eventually left Africa and moved east into Asia and became the living Asian elephant. And the third line was the mammoth line. And the earliest fossils we've got are about 5 million years ago in South Africa.

And quite soon after the origin of the family, it split into three. One was the African elephant line, which obviously stayed in Africa. One was the line which eventually left Africa and moved east into Asia and became the living Asian elephant. And the third line was the mammoth line. And the earliest fossils we've got are about 5 million years ago in South Africa.

So mammoths started off in Africa as a tropical species. At that stage, they wouldn't have had the hairy coat that we're familiar with. But about three and a half million years ago, mammoths moved north out of Africa because that's when we first pick up their fossils in Europe. And they very quickly spread across Asia. And there are fossils of similar age about three million years ago from China.

So mammoths started off in Africa as a tropical species. At that stage, they wouldn't have had the hairy coat that we're familiar with. But about three and a half million years ago, mammoths moved north out of Africa because that's when we first pick up their fossils in Europe. And they very quickly spread across Asia. And there are fossils of similar age about three million years ago from China.

So mammoths started off in Africa as a tropical species. At that stage, they wouldn't have had the hairy coat that we're familiar with. But about three and a half million years ago, mammoths moved north out of Africa because that's when we first pick up their fossils in Europe. And they very quickly spread across Asia. And there are fossils of similar age about three million years ago from China.