Definitely brings up images of aliens cloning humans after we've gone extinct, then placing us in groups with food and hoping they recreate human civilization.

Definitely brings up images of aliens cloning humans after we've gone extinct, then placing us in groups with food and hoping they recreate human civilization. I think the result would be more sad and pathetic than Lord Of The Flies. That said, presumably they'd rear the baby mammoths with elephants and at least develop social skills, even if they can't develop environmental skills; and then support the animals as they become used to arctic conditions. But would that just the be the equivalent of raising Neanderthals and then transporting them to the wilderness for their Exciting New Life In The Wild?