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Ghosts of Subatomic Particles
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The universe’s smallest particles fly down from space and emit from a radioactive rod.
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Video description: Sir David Attenborough investigates a unique site in southern England where amateur fossil hunters uncovered giant mammoth bones and evidence of Neanderthals. A team of paleontologists and archaeologists soon discover that the site preserves rare evidence of the extinct beasts and early human inhabitants of Britain dating to over 200,000 years ago.
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