Prehistoric Life redesign

Big Al game

When your own mother might eat you, growing up is far from child's play. Try life as a young Allosaurus.

Sea Monsters adventure

Can you survive the seven deadliest seas of all time in this game? Take the plunge!
BBC News: Bizarre whale fossil found

Caveman challenge

Are you a chimp or a champ? Put your skills to the test in our interactive challenge.

Evolution Game

The world is changing. You'll have to adapt if you want to survive. Play the evolution game and see if you can last until the present day.

Skeleton jigsaws

For scientists a 50% complete fossil is exceptional. Think you could re-assemble a creature from a pile of bones?
BBC News: Greek mastodon find 'spectacular'

Sea monster facts

They're huge, hungry and swimming your way. Meet creatures from the early oceans.
BBC News: New 'monster' sea fossils

Cavemen facts

Could you tell a Neanderthal from a Gigantopithecus? How much do you know about your ancestors and their relatives?

Burying bodies

Only a tiny fraction of animals ever become fossilised. What conditions do you need to get a perfectly preserved specimen?

Making fossils

How does a flesh and blood creature turn into a fossil?
BBC News: Huge bird dino unearthed in China

Walking with Dinosaurs - 1999

With groundbreaking computer graphics, this series natural history of dinosaurs is still a classic.

Walking with Beasts - 2001

Taking up the story where Walking with Dinosaurs left off, walking with beasts spans 65 million years of history from the death of the dinosaurs to the first humans.

Walking with Cavemen - 2003

Robert Winston traces the origins of the human species, from our African origins to the present day.

Seamonsters - 2003

Nigel Marvin takes a trip through the seven deadliest seas of all time

The making of Walking with Beasts

There's no way to film an extinct animal - so how do you bring them to life?