Ice Age Giants Of The South

Author : Judy Cutchins
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781561641956
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ice Age Giants of the South written by Judy Cutchins and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles recent archaeological discoveries of fossils in the Southern States.

Author : Judy Cutchins
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561648574
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ice Age Giants of the South written by Judy Cutchins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bones of extinct giants such as mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, and saber-toothed cats have been found across the southern United States. These fossils help scientists understand what life was like more than 10,000 years ago.

Author : Anthony J. Stuart
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022643298X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanished Giants written by Anthony J. Stuart and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring numerous illustrations, this book explores the many lessons to be learned from Pleistocene megafauna, including the role of humans in their extinction, their disappearance at the start of the Sixth Extinction, and what they might teach us about contemporary conservation crises. Long after the extinction of dinosaurs, when humans were still in the Stone Age, woolly rhinos, mammoths, mastodons, sabertooth cats, giant ground sloths, and many other spectacular large animals that are no longer with us roamed the Earth. These animals are regarded as “Pleistocene megafauna,” named for the geological era in which they lived—also known as the Ice Age. In Vanished Giants: The Lost World of the Ice Age, paleontologist Anthony J. Stuart explores the lives and environments of these animals, moving between six continents and several key islands. Stuart examines the animals themselves via what we’ve learned from fossil remains, and he describes the landscapes, climates, vegetation, ecological interactions, and other aspects of the animals’ existence. Illustrated throughout, Vanished Giants also offers a picture of the world as it was tens of thousands of years ago when these giants still existed. Unlike the case of the dinosaurs, there was no asteroid strike to blame for the end of their world. Instead, it appears that the giants of the Ice Age were driven to extinction by climate change, human activities—especially hunting—or both. Drawing on the latest evidence provided by radiocarbon dating, Stuart discusses these possibilities. The extinction of Ice Age megafauna can be seen as the beginning of the so-called Sixth Extinction, which is happening right now. This has important implications for understanding the likely fate of present-day animals in the face of contemporary climate change and vastly increasing human populations.

Author : Adrian Lister
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752216041
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mammoths written by Adrian Lister and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Larry D. Agenbroad
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9780822528623
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mammoths written by Larry D. Agenbroad and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on mammoths, and discusses the mysteries that are unlocked from the fossils and mummies that are discovered.

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Download or read book Ice age giants [DVD] written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : D. Shane Miller
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817321284
Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book The American Southeast at the End of the Ice Age written by D. Shane Miller and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1996, the University of Alabama Press published a prodigious benchmark volume, The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast, edited by David G. Anderson and Kenneth E. Sassaman. It was the first to provide a state-by-state record of the Paleolithic and early Archaic eras (to approximately 8,000 years ago) in this region as well as models to interpret data excavated from those eras. It summarized what was known of the peoples who lived in the Southeast when ice sheets covered the northern part of the continent and mammals such as elephants, saber-toothed tigers, and ground sloths roamed the landscape. In the United States, the Southeast has some of most robust data on these eras. The American Southeast at the End of the Ice Age is the updated, definitive synthesis of current archaeological research gleaned from an array of experts in the region. The volume is organized in three parts: state records, the regional perspective, and perspective and future directions. State-by-state chapter overviews of the eras are followed by chapters with regional coverage on lithics (point types), submerged archaeology, gatherers, megafauna, chipped-stone technology, and spatial demography. Chapters on ethical concerns regarding the use of data from avocational collections, insight from outside the Southeast, and considerations for future research round out the volume. The contributors address five questions: When did people first arrive? How did they get there? Who were they? How did they adapt to local resources and environmental change? Then what?"--

Author : Adrian Lister
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780565093273
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mammoths written by Adrian Lister and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world of mammoths with this illustrated guide, featuring photographs of skeletons, casts, tusks and preserved flesh from the world-famous collections of the Natural History Museum, London and the Field Museum in North America.

Author : Steve Parker
Publisher : QED Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848354791
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ice Age Giants written by Steve Parker and published by QED Books. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the amazing prehistoric creatures, from jelly monsters to giant sharks, that roamed our seas before and during the age of the dinosaurs. Are you ready to take a walk on the wild side?Specially commissioned artwork.'Wild Guide' contains statistics of every creature.Little-known facts about prehistoric creatures.

Author : Richard A. Fariña
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253007194
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Megafauna written by Richard A. Fariña and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and distribution of these fantastic animals . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology—how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics; and the interactions among them and with their environment. It also tells the stories of the scientists who contributed to our discovery and knowledge of these transcendent creatures and the environment they inhabited. The episode known as the Great American Biotic Interchange, perhaps the most important of all natural history “experiments,” is also an important theme of the book, tracing the biotic events of both North and South America that led to the fauna and the ecosystems discussed in this book. “Collectively, this book brings attention to the discovery and natural history of ancient beasts in South America while providing a broader temporal and geographic background that allows readers to understand their evolution and potential immigration to South America.” —Quarterly Review of Biology “An excellent volume . . . This book is likely to facilitate progress in the understanding of fossil mammals from the Americas.” —Priscum