For Immediate Release Contact: Field Museum PR Department (312) 665-7100, media@fieldmuseum.org MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE (Exhibition opens on March 5, 2010) Exhibition At A Glance (Fact Sheet) Mammoths and Mastodons (Main Press Release) Mammoths and Mastodons Walk-Through More about Lyuba Download Images To download a 300 dpi jpg image directly to your computer, click on the thumbnail images below. Caption information for all images can be downloaded in PDF format below. Mammoths and Mastodons photo captions Woolly Mammoths This illustration shows four female woolly mammoths in their herd. Fossil records indicate that herds consisted of adult females and young calves. When male mammoths reached young adulthood, they left their herd. Illustration by Velizar Simeonovski © The Field Museum Mastodon Skeleton This skeleton of an American mastodon shows the beast’s tusks have a more pronounced curve than those of today’s elephants. Photo by John Weinstein © 2009 The Field Museum Lyuba Lyuba’s trunk collapsed when she died. Scientists theorize that the baby mammoth was trapped in silt and eventually suffocated. © International Mammoth Committee / Francis Latreille Rouffignac Cave Painting 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 For additional images, contact the press office at (312) 665-7100 or media@fieldmuseum.org.