David Attenborough travels in UK, Dominican Republic, West Germany & USA in search of fossils, & the palaeontological techniques to find and reveal them.
David Attenborough investigates some fossil mysteries - could pterodactyls fly? And why did trilobites have such good eyes?
David uncovers dinosaur bones in the Sahara desert & visits the biggest & most spectacular dinosaur displays in the world. He also finds out how mother dinosaurs tended their eggs & young.
Attenborough travels in Canadian Rockies. Solnhofen. E Berlin. Messel. Los Angeles.