The Bizarre 5,000-Year-Old Burial Rituals Of Ancient Britain

Dr Alice Roberts goes in search of our elusive Stone Age ancestors. Along the way, she visits the Channel Island of Jersey, where she meets a team of archaeologists hoping to shed new light on the much-maligned Neanderthals. She then embarks on a kayak survey of the coastline, looking for...

49 min - Archaeology & Mysteries - Odyssey

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