LEADER 03315nam 22005653 450 001 9910585992203321 005 20231110220640.0 010 $a1-4529-6884-5 010 $a1-4529-6886-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7047344 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7047344 035 $a(CKB)24270425500041 035 $a(OCoLC)1337071290 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_101894 035 $a(NjHacI)9924270425500041 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90409 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924270425500041 100 $a20220722d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEndlings $eFables for the Anthropocene 210 $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2022 210 1$aMinneapolis :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022. 215 $a1 online resource (104 pages) 225 1 $aForerunners: Ideas First 311 08$aPrint version: Pyne, Lydia Endlings Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,c2022 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aAmid the historical decimation of species around the globe, a new way into the language of loss. An endling is the last known individual of a species; when that individual dies, the species becomes extinct. These "last individuals" are poignant characters in the stories that humans tell themselves about today's Anthropocene. In this evocative work, Lydia Pyne explores how discussion about endlings-how we tell their histories-draws on deep traditions of storytelling across a variety of narrative types that go well beyond the science of these species' biology or their evolutionary history. Endlings provides a useful and thoughtful discussion of species concepts: how species start and how (and why) they end, what it means to be a "charismatic" species, the effects of rewilding, and what makes species extinction different in this era. From Benjamin the thylacine to Celia the ibex to Lonesome George the Gala?pagos tortoise, endlings, Pyne shows, have the power to shape how we think about grief, mourning, and loss amid the world's sixth mass extinction. 410 0$aForerunners: Ideas First 606 $aCommunication in biology 606 $aExtinction (Biology) 606 $aSpecies 610 $aNature & the natural world: general interest 615 0$aCommunication in biology. 615 0$aExtinction (Biology) 615 0$aSpecies. 676 $a570 700 $aPyne$b Lydia$01252628 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910585992203321 996 $aEndlings$92904100 997 $aUNINA