“LYUBA,” AN AMAZINGLY WELL-PRESERVED BABY WOOLY MAMMOTH (DISPLAYED AT THE ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM IN 2016). LYUBA LIVED AROUND 40,000 YEARS AGO. SHE WAS FOUND IN SIBERIA IN 2007.
We’ve come a long way since the days when mammoth fossils were mistaken for the bones of giant humans. Scientists have learned a great deal about these ice age giants, and about the ancient people who shared their prehistoric world. Amazing fossils and frozen specimens have revealed how mammoths looked, what they ate, and how they grew.
But for all that is known, many questions remain, both for scientists and the public.