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'Mammoths And Mastodons: Titans Of The Ice Age' Exhibit At The NAT
- When Ongoing until Monday, November 11, 2013
- Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Monday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Tuesday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Wednesday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Thursday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Where San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Animals, Arts, Exhibits, Family, Films, Museums
- Cost Free - $17
Above: Promotional graphic for the "Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age" exhibition at the San Diego Natural History Museum, July 4-November 11, 2013. Courtesy of San Diego Natural History Museum
For millions of years, mammoths and their evolutionary cousins, mastodons, wandered the Earth—great beasts weighing as much as eight tons and bearing tusks up to 16 feet long.
In "Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age," unravel the biological and paleontological mysteries of these awe-inspiring land mammals, roam their vanished world that was also home to saber-toothed cats and giant bears, and marvel at some of the oldest tools used by the humans who hunted mammoths and mastodons.
This exhibit will be on display from July 4th through November 11, 2013.
Learn the story of Lyuba, the most complete and best-preserved mummified baby woolly mammoth ever found. See actual fossils that document the evolutionary history of mammoths and mastodons and discover the genealogical connections between mammoths and their surviving biological relative, the Indian elephant.
Find answers to questions such as: What is the difference between mammoths and mastodons? How do today’s paleontologists study these remarkable creatures, and what do they hypothesize caused their extinction? How cold was the Earth during the most recent “Ice Age” just 18,000 years ago? Also, don’t miss "Titans of the Ice Age 3D," shown daily in the Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan Theater!
Admission to "Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age" and to the film "Titans of the Ice Age 3D" is included with paid admission and free for Museum members.
Museum Hours: Daily from 10am-5pm