Prehistoric America
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Artist: BBCBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 147 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E1761
Studio: BBC
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- Prehistoric America takes us on a journey through the prehistory of North America - beginning 14,000 years ago when people were first entering this vast and beautiful continent. Witness ancient beasts, mammoths, mastodons, giant bears and sabre-toothed cats, and see how their successors - modern animals and beasts - carry on their legacy.Running Time: 147 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DO
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Summary: 3 Stars
There is an undisguised environmentalist streak running through this series but it is still quite good. The major focus, except for the last episode, is the fauna of North America during the last ice age.
The general pattern is as follows: an area is chosen and its climate is explained. Fossil evidence is examined as are the analogs provided by species which are still alive. From that, "a typical day" is constructed from the evidence.
Episode Synopses follow:
Land of the Mammoth - This episode concentrates on the animals of Beringia, the land mass exposed between Alaska and Siberia about 14,000 years ago. It is a harsh, northern climate, cold and dry. The star of the show is the wooly mammoth but there are other beasts examined as well. Some are still alive today and some are extinct. All are part of the eat or be eaten web of life. Only the very briefest mention is made of the top predator, man.
Canyonlands - This episode still takes place during the Pleistocene ice age but the environment is much different. It focuses on the region around the Grand Canyon. It was still magnificent back then and a harsh environment but it was moister too. Many of the animals in this one are familiar but there is a survey of extinct varieties as well. These include saber toothed cats, giant sloths and another variety of mammoth. The predation of man plays a bigger role in this episode.
Ice Age Oasis - This episode looks at the area of Florida which had quite a different climate at the time of the ice age. Mastodon, a relative of the mammoth, roamed the land as did giant armadillos and saber tooth cats. A sloth the height of a giraffe is another spectacular example. Along with these now extinct species were some that are still extant. The most dangerous of these was man.
Edge of the Ice - I think this is probably the best episode on the first disk. It does not spend as much time dealing with novel animals but the ones it does examine are covered in a bit more depth. It takes place in the Pacific Northwest. Instead of being covered by glaciers, it is depicted here as being on the edge of the ice and having grasslands and forests. The fauna, primarily mammoths, mastodons and scimitar toothed cats have been encountered in previous episodes but more time is devoted to their natural history. More time is spent with man as well. Instead of positing the first people arriving by the Beringia land bridge, it posits island hoping nomads in boats. It is well done.
American Serengeti - In this look at the Great Plains during the ice age, we are introduced to more mastodons, the short faced bear and a variety of animals that have close relatives in Africa. These include lions, cheetahs, camels, zebras a few who are still around in America like prairie dogs and bison.
Mammoths to Manhattan - The title of this episode is misleading. While it does, indeed, deal a bit with "Manhattan", the main subject is the extinction of the Ice Age creatures, the adaptation of others and the introduction from Europe of still more. The general thrust is that no species has survived the introduction of man to the environment without some changes. This is most true with Europeans.
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