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Book Synopsis Ice Age Giants of the South by : Judy Cutchins
Download or read book Ice Age Giants of the South written by Judy Cutchins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bones of extinct giants such as mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, and saber-toothed cats have been found across the southern United States. These fossils help scientists understand what life was like more than 10,000 years ago.
Book Synopsis Vanished Giants by : Anthony J. Stuart
Download or read book Vanished Giants written by Anthony J. Stuart and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring numerous illustrations, this book explores the many lessons to be learned from Pleistocene megafauna, including the role of humans in their extinction, their disappearance at the start of the Sixth Extinction, and what they might teach us about contemporary conservation crises. Long after the extinction of dinosaurs, when humans were still in the Stone Age, woolly rhinos, mammoths, mastodons, sabertooth cats, giant ground sloths, and many other spectacular large animals that are no longer with us roamed the Earth. These animals are regarded as “Pleistocene megafauna,” named for the geological era in which they lived—also known as the Ice Age. In Vanished Giants: The Lost World of the Ice Age, paleontologist Anthony J. Stuart explores the lives and environments of these animals, moving between six continents and several key islands. Stuart examines the animals themselves via what we’ve learned from fossil remains, and he describes the landscapes, climates, vegetation, ecological interactions, and other aspects of the animals’ existence. Illustrated throughout, Vanished Giants also offers a picture of the world as it was tens of thousands of years ago when these giants still existed. Unlike the case of the dinosaurs, there was no asteroid strike to blame for the end of their world. Instead, it appears that the giants of the Ice Age were driven to extinction by climate change, human activities—especially hunting—or both. Drawing on the latest evidence provided by radiocarbon dating, Stuart discusses these possibilities. The extinction of Ice Age megafauna can be seen as the beginning of the so-called Sixth Extinction, which is happening right now. This has important implications for understanding the likely fate of present-day animals in the face of contemporary climate change and vastly increasing human populations.
Download or read book Mammoths written by Larry D. Agenbroad and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on mammoths, and discusses the mysteries that are unlocked from the fossils and mummies that are discovered.
Download or read book Ice Age Giants written by Steve Parker and published by Black Rabbit Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the amazing prehistoric creatures that roamed the land during the Ice Age. Includes detailed statistics, a timeline, and vibrant pictures.
Download or read book Mammoths written by Adrian Lister and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains expert information on the natural history and characteristics of mammoths, telling where and how they lived, what they ate and why they died. Includes information on the latest research and fossil discoveries around the world.
Download or read book Megafauna written by Richard A. Fariña and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and distribution of these fantastic animals . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology—how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics; and the interactions among them and with their environment. It also tells the stories of the scientists who contributed to our discovery and knowledge of these transcendent creatures and the environment they inhabited. The episode known as the Great American Biotic Interchange, perhaps the most important of all natural history “experiments,” is also an important theme of the book, tracing the biotic events of both North and South America that led to the fauna and the ecosystems discussed in this book. “Collectively, this book brings attention to the discovery and natural history of ancient beasts in South America while providing a broader temporal and geographic background that allows readers to understand their evolution and potential immigration to South America.” —Quarterly Review of Biology “An excellent volume . . . This book is likely to facilitate progress in the understanding of fossil mammals from the Americas.” —Priscum
Download or read book Mammoths written by Adrian Lister and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world of mammoths with this illustrated guide, featuring photographs of skeletons, casts, tusks and preserved flesh from the world-famous collections of the Natural History Museum, London and the Field Museum in North America.
Download or read book Mammoths written by Adrian Lister and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of mammoths, mastodons, and their relatives, icons of the Ice Age. This book features color illustrations that depict mammoths in their dramatic Ice Age habitats, photographs of mammoth remains, and images of the art of prehistoric people who saw these animals in the flesh.
Download or read book Ice Age Giants written by Steve Parker and published by QED Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the amazing prehistoric creatures, from the woolly mammoth to the giant cats, that roamed our planet before and during the Ice Ages. Are you ready to take a walk on the wild side?Specially commissioned artwork.'Wild Guide' contains statistics of every creature.Little-known facts about prehistoric creatures.
Book Synopsis Timeline Science: The Ice Age by : Emily Rose Oachs
Download or read book Timeline Science: The Ice Age written by Emily Rose Oachs and published by Silver Dolphin Books. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel back in time to the ice age! Saber-toothed cats, woolly mammoths, and more! Timeline Science: The Ice Age features all the Ice Age favorites as it chronicles Earth's glacial periods and the animals that lived in those icy conditions. From the giants of the Ice Age to cave-dwelling mammals, this kit traverses glacial and interglacial periods, recent discoveries, and future ice ages. After reading each animal profile, kids can unfold the timeline poster, use the included stickers, and build their very own woolly mammoth skeleton!
Book Synopsis Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction by : George R. McGhee Jr.
Download or read book Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction written by George R. McGhee Jr. and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture a world of dog-sized scorpions and millipedes as long as a car; tropical rainforests with trees towering over 150 feet into the sky and a giant polar continent five times larger than Antarctica. That world was not imaginary; it was the earth more than 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era. In Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction, George R. McGhee Jr. explores that ancient world, explaining its origins; its downfall in the end-Permian mass extinction, the greatest biodiversity crisis to occur since the evolution of animal life on Earth; and how its legacies still affect us today. McGhee investigates the consequences of the Late Paleozoic ice age in this comprehensive portrait of the effects of ancient climate change on global ecology. Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction examines the climatic conditions that allowed for the evolution of gigantic animals and the formation of the largest tropical rainforests ever to exist, which in time turned into the coal that made the industrial revolution possible—and fuels the engine of contemporary anthropogenic climate change. Exploring the strange and fascinating flora and fauna of the Late Paleozoic ice age world, McGhee focuses his analysis on the forces that brought this world to an abrupt and violent end. Synthesizing decades of research and new discoveries, this comprehensive book provides a wealth of insights into past and present extinction events and climate change.
Book Synopsis Once and Future Giants by : Sharon Levy
Download or read book Once and Future Giants written by Sharon Levy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 elephants, polar bears, and other great creatures at risk today. These surviving relatives of the Ice Age beasts now face the threat of another great die-off, as our species usurps the planet's last wild places while driving a warming trend more extreme than any in mammalian history. Deftly navigating competing theories and emerging evidence, Once and Future Giants examines the extent of human influence on megafauna extinctions past and present, and explores innovative conservation efforts around the globe. The key to modern-day conservation, Levy suggests, may lie fossilized right under our feet.
Download or read book Mammoths written by Errol Fuller and published by Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mammoth is one of the great icons of extinction. This book tells the exciting story of the mammoth, how it lived and died and how its memory lives on in the present day.
Book Synopsis Giant Predators of the Ancient Seas by : Judy Cutchins
Download or read book Giant Predators of the Ancient Seas written by Judy Cutchins and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2001 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an in-depth look at the sea creatures that lived many years ago based on the archaeological discoveries of fossils in the Coastal Plain region.
Book Synopsis Dinosaurs of the South by : Judy Cutchins
Download or read book Dinosaurs of the South written by Judy Cutchins and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2002 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses dinosaur fossils discovered in the southeastern United States and what they tell us about prehistoric creatures of that region, including new dinosaur species known only in the South.
Download or read book Mammoth written by Richard Stone and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title describes a walk with a dinosaur, as two teams of scientists race to bring back to life the long-extinct woolly mammoth, using DNA from a frozen mammoth discovered in a cliff face in Northern Siberia. Advances in medical and scientific technology mean that the impossible is now theoretically possible: a mammoth can be cloned from a frozen, long-dead mammoth corpse. But it's not easy. No one knows for sure how long frozen mammoth sperm keeps. Elephant sperm keeps well, but the mammoth has been extinct for at least 4000 years. But the mammoth remains a vividly real image: huge, with great curving tusks it is both utterly familiar and completely unknown.
Book Synopsis The Crafts of Florida's First People by : Robin C. Brown
Download or read book The Crafts of Florida's First People written by Robin C. Brown and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were people living all over Florida for twelve thousand years before Columbus got here. Before hardware stores and shopping malls, these people managed to get food, make clothing, and cook their meals. In The Crafts of Florida's First People, Robin Brown asks, How did they do it? And to answer his question, he actually learns to do things the way they did. Using materials that you can find in Florida today, you can learn with him how to throw spears and darts, make pottery, weave cloth, mix paint, build traps, and even how to start a fire without matches—just the way Florida's first people did it for thousands of years. Each chapter has easy-to-follow, fully illustrated directions. Even if you dont have the natural supplies available in your area, the book includes suggestions for alternative materials so you can still learn their crafts. As you work, you will experience some of the daily life of the ancient peoples of Florida. You will find out not only how to make a spear, but what its construction tells us about how the first people hunted and what animals they ate. The last true Florida native died 200 years ago, but you can help keep their culture alive.
