Did you know that mammoths and mastodons were residents of the San Diego region over 10,000 years ago? Learn more about your prehistoric neighbors from the Museum’s Curator of Paleontology Tom Deméré, Ph.D. From fossils of American Mastodons in Otay Mesa, Southern Mammoths in downtown San Diego, and Columbian Mammoths and American Mastodons from Oceanside and Carlsbad, Dr. Deméré will explain how these remains reveal a lost world populated by thousands of generations of immense land mammals.
General public: $5
Museum members, volunteers, and students (with valid ID): Free
This exhibition was created by The Field Museum, Chicago. The Museum would like to thank the following generous supporters of Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age: City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture; County of San Diego Board of Supervisors, Community Enhancement Program.