ICE & THUNDER - When Mammoths Walked the Earth ~ with CHRIS WIDGA

When we think of the Ice Age, we think of mammoths - majestic, woolly elephant-relatives that roamed the ancient world and that were constantly hunted by humans. But what is their real story? CHRIS WIDGA is a vertebrate paleontologist and zooarchaeologist whose main interest is the evolution and extinction of North American proboscideans – specifically, mammoths and mastodons. Chris is also the Head Curator of the Gray Fossil Site & Museum. MARK from Evolution Soup talks with Chris about the evolution of mammoths, the difference between mammoths and mastodons - and the possibility of bringing them back by cloning! #mammoths #evolution #science 00:00 START 02:46 Zoo-archaeology 05:49 Mammoth Evolution 08:30 Mammoth Description 14:28 Mammoth Behavior 22:02 Why Did They Go Extinct? 36:31 Mastodons 43:16 Cloning & DNA 48:46 Upcoming Projects LINKS FOR CHRIS WIDGA SITE: https://www.etmnh.org/about/directory... TWITTER:   / chriswidga   @ChrisWidga BLUESKY https://bsky.app/profile/widga.bsky.s... East Tennessee State University: https://www.etsu.edu/ehome/ GRAY FOSSIL SITE   / grayfossilsite   @GrayFossilSite YouTube: https://bit.ly/3IqOyrJ http://gfs.visithandson.org/ Drone footage of East Tennessee State University: Greg Marlow Learning 1930s Elephant Hunting footage via travelfilmarchive JULIO LACERDA - PALEO ARTIST Twitter: @JuliotheArtist   / juliotheartist   Instagram: @Lacerda.julio   / lacerda.julio   Patreon: https://is.gd/keDwTS #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleo #paleontology #paleoartist #Homosapiens #hominid #Darwin #cave #bone #fossils #Neanderthal #australopithecus #hominin #extinct #animals #science #anthropology #paleoanthropology #hobbit #species #africa #skull #skulls #mammoths #mastodons #iceage #megafauna EVOLUTION SOUP YouTube:    / evolutionsoup   Facebook:   / evolutionsoup   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/evolution... Instagram: @evolution_soup RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/354743.rss