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200 10$aOnce & future giants$b[electronic resource] $ewhat Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of earth's largest animals /$fSharon Levy
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (274 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.
327   $aContents; Illustrations; Prologue; ELEGY FOR THE MASTODON; MAMMOTH TRACKS; GIANTS DOWN UNDER; WILD DREAMS; WILD REALITIES; THE BIG HEAT; DEAD BEASTS WALKING; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
330   $aUntil 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
606   $aExtinction (Biology)
606   $aHunting, Prehistoric
606   $aMammals$xConservation
606   $aMammals$xEffect of human beings on
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