The Ancients

Ice Age Britain: Finding the First Homo sapiens

Feb 17, 2024

Explore the arrival of Homo sapiens in Ice Age Britain and the excavation of a new Stone Age archaeological site in South West Wales. Discover the significance of Wogan Cavern, rich with ancient human settlement remains. Learn about extracting ancient DNA from soil sediments, ice age landscapes, and the variety of artifacts uncovered in the excavation process.

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The discovery of Wogan Cavern in South West Wales provides valuable evidence of early Homo sapiens settlement in Ice Age Britain.

Excavation in caves requires a meticulous approach to preserve contextual data and understand prehistoric human activities.

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Introduction

3min

Excavating Ancient DNA from Soil Sediments

16min

Excavations, Ice Age Landscape, and Wogan Cavern

5min

Exploring Wogan Caves and Ice Age Archaeology in Britain

4min

Uncovering Artifacts in Camp Trenches

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Roughly 40,000 years ago, Ice Age Britain was undergoing a transformation.

The first modern humans, Homo sapiens, were arriving and beginning to settle in the British Isles. Their evolutionary predecessors, the Neanderthals, were on their way to extinction. Until now we have known very little about this period. But that might be about to change with the discovery of a new centre of Stone Age archeology in South West Wales.

Wogan Cavern, situated underneath Pembroke Castle, was the ideal place for newly-arrived prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities to dwell and is littered with stone tools, bones and other hallmark remains of ancient human settlement. In this special on-location episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes went to visit the cavern and speak to the archeologists who uncovered it, Dr. Rob Dinnis and Dr. Jennifer French.

This episode was produced by Joseph Knight and edited by Aidan Lonergan

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The Ancients

Ice Age Britain: Finding the First Homo sapiens

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Deep dives

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Exciting Archaeological Discoveries in Wogan Cavern

The Importance of Meticulous Excavation in Caves

Insights from Wogan Cavern's Archaeological Finds

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