Vanished giants : the lost world of the Ice Age /: the lost world of the Ice Age. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anthony J. Stuart.
• Authors: Stuart, Anthony J
• Contents: Introduction -- Crises in the history of life -- The Ice Age and the megafauna -- Cold case : the search for the Ice Age killer -- Northern Eurasia : woolly rhinos, cave bears, and giant deer -- North America : mastodon, ground sloths and sabertooth cats -- South America : ground sloths and glyptodonts -- Sahul : giant marsupials, a thunderbird, and a huge lizard -- Madagascar : giant lemurs, elephant birds, and dwarf hippos -- New Zealand : land of the Moa -- Island megafauna -- Megafaunal survival : sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia -- Summary and conclusions : the global pattern of megafaunal extinctions.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (310 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 560/.1792; Extinction (Biology); Paleontology -- Pleistocene; Glacial epoch; Animals, Fossil; Extinct animals; Extinction, Biological; Extinction (Biologie); Paléontologie -- Pléistocène; Époque glaciaire; Animaux disparus; Animals, Fossil; Extinct animals; Extinction (Biology); Glacial epoch; Paleontology; Pleistocene Geologic Epoch; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226432984
• Related ISBNs: 022643298X; 9780226432847; 022643284X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 08, 2021).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.