Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.

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Tom Hiddleston returns as narrator for a bigger, wilder chapter set deep in the Pleistocene. One of Apple’s most ambitious natural-history projects is finally returning. “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” ...