The herd eventually arrives back to the northern plains. Fortunately, both of the youngsters have survived the journey. The herd has nonetheless suffered a major loss. The matriarch is missing and killed when the Neanderthals attack. It is now her sister that leads the herd into the future.

Mammoths will last another 24thousand year. They are superbly adapted for this cold world. But when it gets warm again, the grassy plains they depend on will disappear. The humans have a different future ahead of them. When change comes, they will be able to with it. Because they can adapt and they have the ability to shape the world around them .

One day, they will look back on all this. We have since built museums to celebrate the past and spend decades studying the prehistoric lives. And if all this has taught us anything, it’s this: no species last forever.

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