What Beasts Ruled the Ice Age? [PhD Documentary]

During the last Ice Age, much of the planet was locked in ice. With titanic glaciers shaping the land, and massive animals dominating a frozen Earth. Our team delved deep into the Pleistocene Epoch and the creatures that lived through it — from woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats to giant sloths, cave bears, and early humans. We'll also looks at how the climate shifted over time, the rise and fall of these species, and the ongoing debate around what caused their extinction. 0:00 - A Prehistoric Ice Age Documentary (Exploring the Pleistocene) 5:07 - Pleistocene Epoch & the Ice Age (Chapter 1) 9:12 - Chapter 1.1 Origins of the Ice Age 15:13 - Chapter 1.2 Glacial and Interglacial Cycles 21:37 - Chapter 1.3 The Mammoth Steppe 26:02 - Relics of the Old World (Chapter 2) 27:55 - Chapter 2.1 Woolly Mammoth 30:12 - Chapter 2.2 Steppe Bison and Herd Animals 32:04 - Chapter 2.3 Woolly Rhino and Elasmotherium 34:56 - Chapter 2.4 Irish Elk Megaloceros 37:04 - Chapter 2.5 Cave Lion 38:43 - 2.6 Cave Bear 40:42 - Chapter 2.7 Neanderthal 43:38 - Chapter 2.8 Straight-Tusked Elephant Palaeoloxodon 44:37 - Chapter 2.9 Interglacial Beasts 48:48 - Giants of Prehistoric America (Chapter 3) 52:50 - Chapter 3.2 Scimitar Cats and Short-Faced Bears 55:51 - Chapter 3.3 Mastodons and Columbian Mammoth 58:19 - Chapter 3.4 Sabre Tooth Tigers, American Lions, and Dire Wolves 1:00:22 - Chapter 3.5 Giant Bison and Giant Sloths 1:05:00 - Extinction: The Pleistocene Mystery (Chapter 4) 1:07:08 - Chapter 4.1 Human Overkill Theory 1:08:51 - Chapter 4.2 Climate Change Theory Researched and written by Bennett Davenport, from @TheBudgetMuseum Voiceover by Leo Richards, from @NaturalWorldFacts Animated by Mirko Torres Video edited and sound designed by Justine Salipande Thumbnail by Riccardo Bellon and Jose Luis Toledo Script edited by Gabriel Nucci Graphic & Motion Design by Thales Menezes Content strategy by Louix Gilpin Production management by Angel Herrera & Oliver Gilpin The history of the Earth, and the life it holds, is fascinating. Life and The Earth is our channel dedicated to exploring our history. Earth's history. To uncover Paleo history topics, in entertaining and educational ways that rival any other documentaries you'll come across. These are videos you can watch on TV, listen to, sleep to for 3 hours, or anything else! Interested in watching what might be called an Ice Age Documentary? This video, and more on our channel are perfect for such viewing. Ice Age Animals are uncovered with the latest 2024 findings about our prehistoric planet's past. Featuring woolly mammoths, carnivores, and cave bears... Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LifeAndTheEarth?sub_confirmation=1 Other great channels to check out about Earth's history: @ExtinctZoo @LivingZoo Sources: - Paleoecology of Beringia - https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ZxolBQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=beringia&ots=d8DFzJN6ar&sig=1lL9InRs4_fRKc6J6QhZi9RxJso#v=onepage&q=beringia&f=false - Caribou, Rangifer tarandus - https://iceage.museum.state.il.us/mammals/caribou-0 - How the Isthmus of Panama Put Ice in the Arctic - https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/how-the-isthmus-of-panama-put-ice-in-the-arctic/ - Woolly Mammoth - https://yukon.ca/sites/yukon.ca/files/tc/tc-reasearch-note-woolly-mammoth-1996.pdf - Substitutions in woolly mammoth hemoglobin confer biochemical properties adaptive for cold tolerance - https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.574 - Isotopic tracking of large carnivore palaeoecology in the mammoth steppe - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275219303_Isotopic_tracking_of_large_carnivore_palaeoecology_in_the_mammoth_steppe - Pleistocene mammals of the Edmonton area, Alberta. Part I. The carnivores - https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/e94-036 - Biogeographic problem-solving reveals the Late Pleistocene translocation of a short-faced bear to the California Channel Islands - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71572-z - Were pronghorns (Antilocapra) primary prey for North American cheetahs (Miracinonyx)? - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618222002658