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Describes what is known of this prehistoric ancestor of the elephant, based on the preserved remains of mammoth bodies.

A great woolly mammoth leads her family across rivers, plains, and glacial ridges on an annual migration to familiar feeding grounds during a journey which happened more than 12,000 years ago.

"Use the Next Generation Science Standards to identify the fossils of an ancient mammoth."--

"From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerful force, make mammoth models of different materials explore what gives them mass, and step into a X-ray machine to reveal the bones beneath their woolly exterior."--

Describes what has been learned about the physical appearance, behavior, and surroundings of the long-extinct woolly mammoth.