Keyword: fossil

First Life

8.4

2010

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David Attenborough goes back in time to investigate the origins of life.

Eons

8.8

2017

TV

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PBS Eons shares the stories of Earths ancient creatures from the first viruses up to the giant mammals that coexisted with humans including the stories of those humans.

Angel's Egg

8.2

1985

Movie

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A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

Ammonite

6.8

2020

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1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

6.5

2022

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Sir David Attenborough presents this landmark documentary which brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the lost world of the very last days of the dinosaurs. Searching in the hills of North Dakota, palaeontologist Robert DePalma makes an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard known as Tanis - fossilised creatures, astonishingly well preserved like the bodies found at Pompeii. Whilst DePalma hunts for the evidence that can shed light on the final days of the dinosaurs, state-of-the-art VFX transports Sir David back in time to the Late Cretaceous to witness the creatures who lived at Tanis at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. Meanwhile, cutting edge scanning techniques reveal fossilised secrets that could change our understanding of the dinosaurs extinction once and for all.

Secrets of the Neanderthals

6.4

2024

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A unique excavation unravels the complex and creative nature of Neanderthals, shattering preconceptions through the lens of a landmark discovery - the best-preserved Neanderthal skeleton found in over 25 years.

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard

6

2021

Movie

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Sir David Attenborough joins an archaeological dig uncovering Britains biggest mammoth discovery in almost 20 years.

The Intruder Within

4.7

1981

Movie

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Drillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover that they have accidentally brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature. Chad Everett and Jennifer Warren risk their lives to stop it.

Triassic Attack

3.1

2010

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A Native American owner of a kitschy roadside museum accidentally brings to life three dinosaur fossils. Now really annoyed, the giant dinos wreak havoc on the small town and the local university.

Natural History Museum Alive

8.2

2014

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This documentary narrated by David Attenborough was filmed at the Natural History Museum, London, and uses state of the art CGI imagery to bring to life several extinct animals in the museum, including Archaeoptery, the Moa Ratite bird (Dinornis) and Haasts eagle. The documentary was well-received, and won a TV BAFTA in the specialist factual category.

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

8.5

2009

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A documentary about evolution.

Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur

7.9

2016

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David Attenborough follows the remarkable story of the discovery of fossils in the Patagonia region of Argentina which prove to belong to the largest animal to ever walk the Earth.

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

7.3

2018

Movie

HD

Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.