Once & future giants : what Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of earth's largest animals / Sharon Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Sharon, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extinction (Biology).

Hunting, Prehistoric.

Mammals--Conservation.

Mammals.

Mammals--Effect of human beings on.

Paleoecology--Pleistocene.

Paleoecology.

Paleontology--Pleistocene.

Paleontology.

Prehistoric peoples.

Wildlife conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Once and future giants

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Mammoths, camels, and lions walked the ground that has become Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and foraged on the marsh land now buried beneath Chicago's streets. Then, just as the first humans reached the Americas, these Ice Age giants vanished forever. In Once and Future Giants, science writer Sharon Levy digs through the evidence surrounding Pleistocene large animal (""megafauna"") extinction events worldwide, showing that understanding this history--and our part in it--is crucial for protecting the

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Prologue; ELEGY FOR THE MASTODON; MAMMOTH TRACKS; GIANTS DOWN UNDER; WILD DREAMS; WILD REALITIES; THE BIG HEAT; DEAD BEASTS WALKING; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-026776-3

1-283-02050-5

9786613020505

0-19-970842-8

OCLC:

704541791