Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials

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The Minoan eruption devastated Thera (now known as Santorini) in approximately 1600 BCE. It is widely regarded as one of the largest volcanic events in history and wiped out the Minoan settlements. The resulting earthquakes and tsunamis destroyed other nearby islands, including the Crete coast.

In March 2011, she presented a BBC documentary in the Horizon series entitled Are We Still Evolving? [41] Later in 2011, she presented another BBC documentary called How to Build a Dinosaur, [42] which aired on BBC4 on 21st September 2011. IT’S THROUGH a mix of new science and some good old-fashioned anatomy that Alice Roberts opens up secrets of the grave.Indeed, Alice Roberts was up at Uley Camp just the other weekend. ‘What a fantastic hillfort – the views are absolutely stunning! Dr Alice Roberts: Anatomist, author, broadcaster and distinguished supporter of Humanism". British Humanist Association . Retrieved 28 November 2013. There’s a Greek called Pytheas who sailed up past Britain, which he calls Britannica -the first recorded use of the word - who gives us a bit of a glimpse. This is in the 4th Century BCE. He says he sails even further north and gets to somewhere the sun never sets.’

a b Roberts, Alice; McLysaght, Aoife (2018). "Who am I?". The Royal Institution. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021 . Retrieved 19 February 2021.After graduating, Roberts worked as a junior doctor with the National Health Service in South Wales for 18 months. In 1998 she left clinical medicine and worked as an anatomy demonstrator at the University of Bristol, becoming a lecturer there in 1999. [5] [7] [12]