Ice Age Mammoth: Will This Ancient Giant Come Back to Life?

This first book in the Ice Age Animals series tells the complete story of the amazing mammoth -- the largest mammal ever to walk the earth. Thousands of years ago, man painted detailed pictures of the woolly mammoth on the walls of caves. Author Barbara Hehner describes how and where these remarkable creatures lived, how they evolved, and what may have caused their extinction. She also discusses the discovery of a well-preserved 20,000-year-old mammoth and considers an intriguing question -- can the mammoth be cloned and one day live again?Breathtakingly accurate illustrations by acclaimed paleoartist Mark Hallett plus contemporary color photographs, fascinating maps, and informative diagrams bring this incredible animal to life.