The Origins of Mammals — S1E1 — Our Ancient Ancestors
Synopsis
The Karoo desert in South Africa is a major palaeontological site preserving 120 million years of history; it is not mainly dinosaurs that have been discovered here, but the ancestors of mammals.
About the series
A team of scientists set off in search of fossils of therapsids in the Karoo region in South Africa; they are the ancestors of the mammals that ruled the world long before the dinosaurs appeared.