Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age

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  • This sketch shows a Columbian mammoth, an African elephant, and an American mastodon (from back to front) next to a 6-foot-tall human.

    © The Field Museum; Illustration by Velizar Simeonovski

    This sketch shows a Columbian mammoth, an African elephant, and an American mastodon (from back to front) next to a 6-foot-tall human.

  • This skeleton of an American mastodon shows the beast’s tusks have a more pronounced curve than those of today’s elephants.

    © 2009 The Field Museum; Photo by John Weinstein

    This skeleton of an American mastodon shows the beast’s tusks have a more pronounced curve than those of today’s elephants.

  • An artist’s rendering of what Lyuba might have looked like while alive. Lyuba is the best-preserved baby mammoth ever discovered and is the centerpiece of Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age.

    © The Field Museum; Illustration by Velizar Simeonovski

    An artist’s rendering of what Lyuba might have looked like while alive. Lyuba is the best-preserved baby mammoth ever discovered and is the centerpiece of Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age.

  • An international team of scientists studied Lyuba after her discovery, performing an autopsy and DNA analysis.

    © RIA Novosti

    An international team of scientists studied Lyuba after her discovery, performing an autopsy and DNA analysis.

  • Visitors to Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age will be able to see fossil skulls, as well as life-size replicas of these ancient beasts.

    © http://www.paleoart.com

    Visitors to Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age will be able to see fossil skulls, as well as life-size replicas of these ancient beasts.

  • Courtesy of the Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University. Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age includes several spear points (called Clovis points). The Clovis points might have been used for hunting mammoths and mastodons.

    © Photo by Charlotte Pevny

    Courtesy of the Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University. Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age includes several spear points (called Clovis points). The Clovis points might have been used for hunting mammoths and mastodons.

  • Unlike dinosaurs, mammoths and mastodons lived side-by-side with humans. This piece of mammoth ivory, carved in the shape of a horse, is one way humans utilized mammoths—as a vehicle for art.

    © The Trustees of The British Museum / Art Resource

    Unlike dinosaurs, mammoths and mastodons lived side-by-side with humans. This piece of mammoth ivory, carved in the shape of a horse, is one way humans utilized mammoths—as a vehicle for art.

  • Scientists examine mammoth tusks to discover how old the animal was at the time of its death. Similar to rings on a tree, mammoth tusks grew in layers, year by year.

    © The Field Museum; Photo by John Weinstein

    Scientists examine mammoth tusks to discover how old the animal was at the time of its death. Similar to rings on a tree, mammoth tusks grew in layers, year by year.

  • Unlike dinosaurs, mammoths and mastodons lived side-by-side with humans. This piece of mammoth ivory, carved in the shape of a horse, is one way humans utilized mammoths—as a vehicle for art.

    © Rèunion des Musèes Nationaux / Art Resource

    Unlike dinosaurs, mammoths and mastodons lived side-by-side with humans. This piece of mammoth ivory, carved in the shape of a horse, is one way humans utilized mammoths—as a vehicle for art.

  • Humans were clearly influenced by these great beasts. This depiction of a mammoth, painted on the walls of Rouffignac cave in France, dates back 15,000 to 20,000 years ago.

    © Jean Plassard, Grotte de Rouffignac.

    Humans were clearly influenced by these great beasts. This depiction of a mammoth, painted on the walls of Rouffignac cave in France, dates back 15,000 to 20,000 years ago.