In Photos: Ice Age Giants

Drawing on the latest scientific detective work and a dash of graphic wizardry, Alice brings the Ice Age giants back to life, exploring how these incredible beasts lived.

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Alice Roberts and a Smilodon Skull

EPISODE 1 - LAND OF THE SABRE-TOOTH

Professor Alice Roberts with a smilodon (sabre tooth cat) skull at the George C Page Museum, Los Angeles.
Alice Roberts in Courcheval

EPISODE 1 - LAND OF THE SABRE-TOOTH

Professor Alice Roberts on a mountain landscape in Courcheval, France.
Alice Roberts and a Cave Lion Skull

EPISODE 2 - LAND OF THE CAVE BEAR

Professor Alice Roberts holds up a cave lion skull from Ursilor Cave in Romania.
Alice Roberts and a Woolly Rhino

EPISODE 2 - LAND OF THE CAVE BEAR

Professor Alice Roberts and a woolly rhino from Yakutsk in Siberia.
Alice Roberts and a Zaraysk Bison

EPISODE 2 - LAND OF THE CAVE BEAR

Professor Alice Roberts and a Zaraysk bison.
Alice Roberts in Ursilor Cave

EPISODE 2 - LAND OF THE CAVE BEAR

Professor Alice Roberts exploring Ursilor Cave in Romania.
Alice Roberts on Dry Falls

EPISODE 3 - LAST OF THE GIANTS

Professor Alice Roberts standing on top of Dry Falls in Washington State, USA.
Alice Roberts and Mastodon Skeletons

EPISODE 3 - LAST OF THE GIANTS

Professor Alice Roberts stands next to mounted skeletons of mastodons, touching a female individual named Owosso at the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan.