Simon Conway Morris shows what the world would have looked like when ancient animals like the Brachiosaurus were alive. Watch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1996/the-history-in-our-bones/the-fossils-come-alive?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Simon Conway Morris gave the 1996 Christmas Lectures "The History Of Our Bones" about the important role fossils and bones play in helping us understand the past. The second lecture "Fossils Come Alive", where this clip is from, sees Simon using the woolly mammoth as an example of how we can use bones and ancient art to uncover the shape and look of an animal. Watch the full series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1996/the-history-in-our-bones?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Comments have been disabled on this video in compliance with YouTube's COPPA regulations. Our Christmas Lecture series is aimed at children and we have marked the videos to reflect this. You can find out more about COPPA here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9383587?hl=en-GB The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter