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src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" width="5" height="1"/></td><td width="443" class="summary"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/images/index_big.jpg" width="343" height="200" alt="Stegosaurus from the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs" title="Stegosaurus from the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs" hspace="0"/></td><td width="5" class="shadowright"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" width="5" height="1"/></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/furniture/shadowbott_home.gif" alt="" width="363" height="9"/></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" width="1" height="4"/></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="highlight"><div class="contents">Prehistoric Life highlights</div></td> </tr> </table></td><td><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" width="5" height="1"/></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" width="1" height="14"/></td></tr></table>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="6" height="1" alt=""></td> <td>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="140" valign="top" rowspan="2"><a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/species/"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/promo/prehistoric_life/images/human_story_ice_people.jpg" width="140" height="85" border="0" alt="Cavemen facts"/></a></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top"><p class="smallpromoheader"> <a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/species/">Cavemen profiles</a> </p><p class="smallpromo"> What's the difference between a Neanderthal and <em>Homo habilis</em>? Study their profiles to find out. <font size="1"> <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090222061711/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6171325.stm">BBC News: 'Neanderthal' jaw scanned</a> </font></p></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="promoborders" colspan="3"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> </table>   <img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="13" alt="">  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="140" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/radio/index.shtml"> <img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/promo/prehistoric_life/images/radio4_wooly_mammoth.jpg" width="140" height="85" border="0" alt="Woolly mammoth - discussed on Radio 4"/></a></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top"><p class="smallpromoheader"> <a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/radio/index.shtml">Radio 4: Prehistoric life</a> </p><p class="smallpromo"> Listen online to radio programmes about mammoths, dinosaurs, evolution and other science.</p></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="promoborders" colspan="3"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> </table>   <img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="13" alt="">  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="140" valign="top" rowspan="2"><a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/dinosaur_world/"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/promo/prehistoric_life/images/dinosaur_world.jpg" width="140" height="85" border="0" alt="Dinosaur world game"/></a></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top"><p class="smallpromoheader"> <a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/dinosaur_world/">Dinosaur world</a> </p><p class="smallpromo"> Travel back in time and explore our 3D dinosaur landscape. It's a real Jurassic park with <em>Allosaurus</em>, <em>Diplodocus</em> and more.</p></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="promoborders" colspan="3"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> </table>   <img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="13" alt="">  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="140" valign="top" rowspan="2"><a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/galleries/wwmonsters/index.shtml"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/promo/prehistoric_life/images/gall_wwmonsters2.jpg" width="140" height="85" border="0" alt="Spider from the Walking With Monsters gallery"/></a></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top"><p class="smallpromoheader"> <a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/galleries/wwmonsters/index.shtml">Walking With Monsters gallery</a> </p><p class="smallpromo"> See the creatures that ruled the Earth before the dinosaurs and download desktop wallpapers. <font size="1"> <br/>  </font></p></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="promoborders" colspan="3"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr> </table>    <img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="13" alt="">  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="140" valign="top" rowspan="2"><a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/killer_dinosaurs/"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/promo/prehistoric_life/images/killer_dinosaurs.jpg" width="140" height="85" border="0" alt="The truth about killer dinosaurs"/></a></td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20090222061711im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="5" height="84" alt=""/></td> <td valign="top"><p class="smallpromoheader"> <a href="/web/20090222061711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/killer_dinosaurs/">The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs </a> </p><p class="smallpromo"> <em>T. rex</em> vs <em>Triceratops</em>. 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