Steppe mammoth in our regionMammuthus trogontherii
Early humans arrive 800,000 years ago
Fossil footprints at Happisburgh
An early Human - Homo heidelbergensis
Hand axesmade offlint
Huntingdonshire under ice!
Huntingdonshire 130,000 years ago
Straight-tusked ElephantPalaeoloxodon antiquus
Our region during the last glaciation
Animals in our region
Bison
Woolly Mammoth
Horses
Woolly mammoths in St Ives
• Mammuthus primigenius• Smallest of the mammoths• Thick undercoat of fine hair• Longer hair on the outside• Small ears• Long curved tusks• Thick layer of fat
Frozen mammoths in Siberia
Berezovka mammoth found in 1901
Baby Yuka found in 2010
Modern St Ives
What we have learnt
• Our climate haschanged
• The land haschanged
• Mammoths &humans havechanged
And finally…
We have just been visited by comet Lovejoy.
The last time it visited 11,500 years ago,There were still mammoths alive!