03116nam 2200769Ia 450 991045877190332120200520144314.00-19-026776-31-283-02050-597866130205050-19-970842-8(CKB)2560000000061052(EBL)665443(OCoLC)704541791(SSID)ssj0000471825(PQKBManifestationID)12166776(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471825(PQKBWorkID)10428629(PQKB)10192283(StDuBDS)EDZ0001131687(MiAaPQ)EBC665443(PPN)156560879(Au-PeEL)EBL665443(CaPaEBR)ebr10449705(CaONFJC)MIL302050(EXLCZ)99256000000006105220100706d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOnce & future giants[electronic resource] what Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of earth's largest animals /Sharon LevyOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20111 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-993116-X 0-19-537012-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.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; IndexUntil 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 theExtinction (Biology)Hunting, PrehistoricMammalsConservationMammalsEffect of human beings onPaleoecologyPleistocenePaleontologyPleistocenePrehistoric peoplesWildlife conservationElectronic books.Extinction (Biology)Hunting, Prehistoric.MammalsConservation.MammalsEffect of human beings on.PaleoecologyPaleontologyPrehistoric peoples.Wildlife conservation.576.8/4Levy Sharon1959-922170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458771903321Once & future giants2069313UNINA