Vanished giants : the lost world of the Ice Age /: the lost world of the Ice Age. (2021)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Vanished giants : the lost world of the Ice Age /: the lost world of the Ice Age. (2021)
- Main Title:
- Vanished giants : the lost world of the Ice Age
- 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.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.679830
- Ingest File:
- 11_011.xml