03315nam 22005653 450 991058599220332120231110220640.01-4529-6884-51-4529-6886-1(MiAaPQ)EBC7047344(Au-PeEL)EBL7047344(CKB)24270425500041(OCoLC)1337071290(MdBmJHUP)musev2_101894(NjHacI)9924270425500041(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90409(EXLCZ)992427042550004120220722d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEndlings Fables for the AnthropoceneUniversity of Minnesota Press2022Minneapolis :University of Minnesota Press,2022.©2022.1 online resource (104 pages)Forerunners: Ideas First Print version: Pyne, Lydia Endlings Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,c2022 Includes bibliographical references.Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series List -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: We Humans Are a Storytelling Species -- Chapter 1. Species and Starts: Benjamin the Thylacine and Qi Qi the Baiji -- Chapter 2. Extinctions and Endings: Celia the Ibex and Lonesome George the Tortoise -- Chapter 3. Charisma and Character: Incas the Carolina Parakeet, Turgi the Tree Snail, and Wood's Cycad -- Conclusion: How Do You Say "Endling" In isiZulu? -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- About the Author.Amid the historical decimation of species around the globe, a new way into the language of loss. An endling is the last known individual of a species; when that individual dies, the species becomes extinct. These "last individuals" are poignant characters in the stories that humans tell themselves about today's Anthropocene. In this evocative work, Lydia Pyne explores how discussion about endlings-how we tell their histories-draws on deep traditions of storytelling across a variety of narrative types that go well beyond the science of these species' biology or their evolutionary history. Endlings provides a useful and thoughtful discussion of species concepts: how species start and how (and why) they end, what it means to be a "charismatic" species, the effects of rewilding, and what makes species extinction different in this era. From Benjamin the thylacine to Celia the ibex to Lonesome George the Galápagos tortoise, endlings, Pyne shows, have the power to shape how we think about grief, mourning, and loss amid the world's sixth mass extinction.Forerunners: Ideas First Communication in biologyExtinction (Biology)SpeciesNature & the natural world: general interestCommunication in biology.Extinction (Biology)Species.570Pyne Lydia1252628MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910585992203321Endlings2904100UNINA