The Call of Distant Mammoths

The Call of Distant Mammoths

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780387985725
Untertitel:
Why the Ice Age Mammals Disappeared
Autor:
Peter D. Ward
Herausgeber:
Springer New York
Auflage:
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Anzahl Seiten:
264
Erscheinungsdatum:
09.10.1998
ISBN:
0387985727

Just 12,000 years ago - at the height of the last Ice Age - saber-toothed tigers, giant ground sloths, camels, hippos and the great herds of proboscideans: giant mastodons and mammoths, extinct relatives of the elephant, roamed the land where skyscrapers now stand. Why are these splendid creatures no longer with us? This compelling book explores the reasons for these extinctions and provides a tour of mass extinctions throughout earth's history, including the great comet crash that killed off the dinosaurs. Brilliantly written, The Call of Distant Mammoths is an engaging exploration of the history of life and the importance of humanity as an evolutionary force.

Zusammenfassung
To help us understand what happened during the Ice Age, Peter Ward takes us on a tour of other mass extinctions through earth's history.

Inhalt
1 The Time Machine.- 2 Heart of Darkness.- 3 When Worlds Collide.- 4 The Once and Future Kingdoms.- 5 Wheel of Fortune.- 6 The Hunger.- 7 The Kill Curve.- 8 The Lost World.- 9 Nevermore.- 10 The Smoking Gun.- After word: 3001.- References.


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