Are humans to blame for the woolly mammoth’s extinction?

Did the woolly mammoth survive the end of the Ice Age only to meet its fate at the hands of humans? New evidence suggests the great beasts survived earth’s tumultuous climactic and environmental transition 10,000 years ago, indicating humans and mammoths coexisted for centuries. So who-or what- is to blame for the demise of these immense animals?

Travel the globe and go back to prehistoric times as NOVA and expert scientists recreate the life our ancestors shared with the woolly mammoths. Visit a remote island in the Siberian Arctic and discover clues that prove mammoths were still living as recently as 3,500 years ago. Tour a 15,000-year-old home near Kiev made entirely of mammoth bones and tusks. Understand how the mammoth’s story may hold lessons for the future of many species, including its surviving relative, the elephant. And see how the last mammoths dwarfed themselves-and eluded extinction for 7,000 years.