[Closed] David Attenborough and the mammoth graveyard.

Thanks, just flicked over...

Will watch later 👍🏻 Near me too. Have they said which quarry it is? There are a couple near me, but I guess they don't want to publicise it too much.

Watching now.
There may be clues as to the site in the end credits, but the S Cerney area has no shortage of sandpits.

Edit. Yep, the credits mentioned this business

the S Cerney area has no shortage of sandpits.

Which does rather raise a few questions - how many other artifacts and remains are still buried around there, and how much may have been lost over the years of quarrying for gravel there; the Cotswold Water Park and current quarries covers a huge area. It’s eighteen miles north of me, and I’ve been around there quite a few times over the years. A terrific programme, and amazing discoveries, just by chance.

The site is the Southern corner of the cross formed by the spine road and the old railway line
(51.6641722, -1.9088799)
There is a display of a mammoth tusk found in a nearby quarry, but that’s a much more recent item. So they do find occasionally find animal remains that had enemies in north Cerney, enemies in south cerney, and enemies in cerney wick

So they do find occasionally find animal remains that had enemies in north Cerney, enemies in south cerney, and enemies in cerney wick

Ha, probably the same family group of Neanderthals! Having come across a happy hunting ground, I doubt they’d give it up any time soon. Or is that past? Dunno, but with a location apparently very rich in large, edible and seemingly easily caught wildlife I’d expect them to exploit it to the max, until conditions changed or something else caused them to move on.
It’s the timescale that amazes me - I’ve always tended to think in terms of early humans in what is now Great Britain as going back maybe 50-60,000 years, but now it’s 200,000 years, which is an extraordinary length of time. Still surprises me that so few remains of early humans are to be found, compared to their tools.

As for the couple who discovered the initial bone, their fossil collection is mind-blowing! I’ve seen poorer collections in some museums. Maybe they ought to start charging and allowing visitors!

Yeah that couple and their collection were amazing 😂

Yeah that couple and their collection were amazing 😂

Imagine telling your neighbours that you are sorry for any inconvenience but Sir David Attenborough & a film crew will be popping around for tea & cakes!

I’ve always tended to think in terms of early humans in what is now Great Britain as going back maybe 50-60,000 years, but now it’s 200,000 years

First evidence (depending on your definition of "early human") goes back 800k years at Happisburg including the oldest footprints found outside of Africa.
However occupation was on and off up due to the ice ages rendering the area pretty much uninhabitable for long periods.