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Bone Stories : (Episode 2 of 5) West Runton Mammoth

The unearthed bones of a mammoth are full of clues to the evolutionary past

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod heads to a Norfolk beach to hear how a raging storm led to the discovery of one of the oldest mammoth skeletons ever to have been found in the UK and the best preserved skeleton of this species in the world. The skeleton revealed a treasure trove of information about life some 600,000 to 700,000 years ago.

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