Peter Mungo Jupp: Mass Extinction Thru Cosmic Force | Thunderbolts

Siberia, Alaska, and Malta are three examples of mass slaughter sites littered with carcasses and skeletons either petrified in rock, invaded in limestone, entombed in bitumen, buried in ice or mummified in peat bogs. Their instantaneous end was horrific. What agent of destruction rendered them extinct? Archaeologist Peter Mungo Jupp unravels the evidence embraced in petroglyphs, art, writings, verbal traditions—even dance motifs—that cosmic thunderbolts may have been the force behind some of the world’s mass extinction events. -- If you see a CC with this video, it means that subtitles are available. To find out which ones, click on the Gear Icon in the lower right area of the video box and click on “subtitles” in the drop-down box. Then click on the subtitle that you would like.