ecosystem was predominant in the arctic of the late place to seen huge herds of large herbivores such as namath's willy rhinos running their horses bison used to graze here. why many of the species died out approximately ten thousand years ago is still unclear another ice age came to an end around the same time it gave way to swamps tundra and ecosystem of mt steps in the north had completely changed and she would if you today's climate to you would suit mammoth. i.q. and seen my mind's eye animals creating pastures for themselves with these wars and bison hadn't seen one another for twelve thousand years but there are genetic memory tells them after just a couple months of that they do you know one another and he will recall the mammoth two are there they can that's the listening we want they'll do are everything around here. two members of the expedition are live missy and feel their share the back of their job is to look for a mammoth tusks eleven fielder are together almost all the time when it comes to looking for fossils a pot wades neil one wants to share his secrets with the other. reason

so cold arctic steps existed in the north thousands of years ago an abundance of food attracted namath's and other have with those. early man quickly followed suit . today most of the people living in this rugged region mine precious metals. this is a gold mining field in chukotka in russia's far east ironically it is the cause of the gold industry that now matzoh been found scraping off the top layer of permafrost in search of mineral wealth revealed these prehistoric maids but sometimes they emerge naturally. people don't know why permafrost sometimes looks to forms it's because there's a foreign object lying underneath which has been there for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years and all the sudden frost begins spirit out in the end the object shows up in the midst of tundra not edging for the pace of several millimeters a year. over the course of many years the majority of unique prehistoric objects have been found in the permafrost they have been dug up in the russian far east altai on the southern europe. these remains of a woolly rhino cave there bison among the five horse

found two scientists have landed their boat not far off on the fied namath's burial place. this is where the nominally poison was found we need to establish when and how the animal died and the natural environment there was typical of that period. if you will agree. the cleft contains clay with peat streaks in it this is the best material for radio carbon measurements radio carbon dating will help establish the period when the bison lived clay accumulated during cold periods where as peat formed when the climate became warmer. she was disturbed this is pete here you can find anything you like dross insects and little twigs such perfect. for the bison may have been in a bog like this one at you. and will need to find out whether this kind of peas. is also on the other side of the bank or. do you think the ripples in this formation date back to those times and i'm sure they do it highlights the relief of the period between the period when our bison lived. in a lake with ripples that the bison was in a nice situated in one of the pete's top players one thing is crystal clear i

and namath is not a guy you want turning against your team.oenchts, the jet to end all jets, often on the sideline, very much a part of that team. coming out publicly saying his ego is getting in the way of the jets talking too much. >> is that fair? >> i don't think so. they've been this close to the super bowl two years in a row. i think they're doing okay. >> but he does talk a lot. >> he talks a lot. the players have seemed to respond, though. pretty well. >> rex argues if he takes the criticism off the players. he puts himself up front so people aren't talking about sanchez. >> he is a great new york character. let the guy be a character. >> he is a great new york character. >> and he's been a winner. and by the way, how great if you are a coach that you're in the papers instead of your quarterback? i think that is exactly right. i think it's a great motto. take the heat. >> he knows what he's doing. >> he's a winner. they've won. >> coming up, republican presidential candidate jon huntsman will be here. and willie's news you can't use is

. >> reporter: in the "gq" spread the joe namath shoot. >> they weren't a little snug but looked likeng me to wear it on an away game with the team. i said not in a million years. >> reporter: what's it going to take for to you win you over? >> they got to win over my mom. she's got to love them. >> reporter: for now he's focused on football with his family to thank. >> i've made it to this point because of a lot of people who helped me get here. this isn't a one-man deal. >> how could you not love a mama's boy? catch him of course on the field this sunday night, "football night in america" where the jets take on the ravens. >> coverage >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. baltimore police are searching for arson is to say are targeting victims at random. since mid september 9 homes have been hit by molotov cocktails, which are homemade explosives. so far there has been no significant property damage or injuries. police is asking everyone to keep an eye out and to call if keep an eye out and to call if they see >> welcome back. it turned out to be a pretty nice day. we expect a mixture

and real quick, before we talk "dancing with the stars", this is the big story here, rex ryan, joe namathting and bragging is making it hard for the players. >> that's because you have to live up to that. where rex ryan, he's going to talk but you'll have to back that up, and you know, this weekend with the raiders, they -- the raiders are for real. and it was sort of a little -- i don't know, it just felt like with the jets when they went in there -- >> jets thought they won before they played. before they started. >> you mentioned "dancing with the stars" a couple of minutes ago, what do you think about this stone? -- season? >> i think ricki lake is doing fantastic, and also i like j.r. martinez. >> that's a great story there. >> i like him. those guys, you really have to work hard and i'm sure when they -- when they first signed on, they didn't realize that it was going to, you know, really have to -- they're going to have to really focus and -- >> because you worked really hard on that, too, isn't that hard physically even for you? >> yeah, because you're using muscles you've never u

. >> reporter: in the "gq" spread the joe namath shoot. >> they weren't a little snug but looked likeg me to wear it on an away game with the team. i said not in a million years. >> reporter: what's it going to take for to you win you over? >> they got to win over my mom. she's got to love them. >> reporter: for now he's focused on football with his family to thank. >> i've made it to this point because of a lot of people who helped me get here. this isn't a one-man deal. >> how could you not love a mama's boy? catch him of course on the field this sunday night, "football night in america" where the jets take on the ravens. >> coveragehen they take on the baltimore ravens. >> coverages begins right here on nbc. >>> 8:56 is the time. let's go to meteorologist, veronica johnson for a look at the forecast. big changes. i think we will like it, veronica. >> we indeed are, after the gloomy month that we have had with eight or nine inches of rain, and nobody is allowed to complain about today's weather. we will see a high of 74 degrees today. mostly cloudy late, and then a chance for shower