03514nam 22006615 450 991079387050332120201228195614.00-300-24915-210.12987/9780300249156(CKB)4100000009445552(MiAaPQ)EBC5910251(DE-B1597)542089(OCoLC)1122450861(DE-B1597)9780300249156(MiAaPQ)EBC7021919(Au-PeEL)EBL7021919(PPN)259294063(EXLCZ)99410000000944555220200406h20192019 fg 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOn the Backs of Tortoises Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden /Elizabeth HennessyNew Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (331 pages)0-300-23274-8 Frontmatter --Contents --Preface and Acknowledgments --Maps --1. What We Stand On --2. In Darwin's Footsteps --3. What's in a Name? --4. The Many Worlds at World's End --5. Making a Natural Laboratory --6. Restoring Evolution --7. Laboratory Life --8. All the Way Down --Notes --Bibliography --IndexAn insightful exploration of the iconic Galápagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world   The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book tells the story of the islands' namesakes-the giant tortoises-as coveted food sources, objects of natural history, and famous icons of conservation and tourism. By doing so, it brings into stark relief the paradoxical, and impossible, goal of conserving species by trying to restore a past state of prehistoric evolution. The tortoises, Elizabeth Hennessy demonstrates, are not prehistoric, but rather microcosms whose stories show how deeply human and nonhuman life are entangled. In a world where evolution is thoroughly shaped by global history, Hennessy puts forward a vision for conservation based on reckoning with the past, rather than trying to erase it.Galapagos tortoiseGalapagos tortoiseConservationRare reptilesGalapagos IslandsExtinct reptilesGalapagos IslandsNatureEffect of human beings onGalapagos IslandsRestoration ecologyGalapagos IslandsIsland ecologyGalapagos IslandsEvolution (Biology)HistoryGalapagos IslandsEnvironmental conditionsHistory.fastGalapagos tortoise.Galapagos tortoiseConservation.Rare reptilesExtinct reptilesNatureEffect of human beings onRestoration ecologyIsland ecologyEvolution (Biology)History.508.866/5Hennessy Elizabethauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1509961DE-B1597DE-B1597AzTeSBOOK9910793870503321On the Backs of Tortoises3850791UNINA