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Author Levy, Sharon, 1959-

Title Once & future giants : what Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of earth's largest animals / Sharon Levy.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  576.84 LEVY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  576.84 L57    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  576.84 LE    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 255 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index.
Contents Elegy for the mastodon -- Mammoth tracks -- Giants down under -- Wild dreams -- Wild realities -- The big heat -- Dead beasts walking.
Summary Discusses the mass extinction of megafauna during the Pleistocene era and what could have caused the event, and looks at the descendants of megafauna living on the Earth today.
Subject Extinction (Biology)
Paleontology -- Pleistocene.
Mammals -- Effect of human beings on.
Prehistoric peoples.
Hunting, Prehistoric.
Paleoecology -- Pleistocene.
Mammals -- Conservation.
Wildlife conservation.
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