Vanished Giants Of Australia
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Vanished Giants Of Australia
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Author : Hans Mincham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Vanished Giants Of Australia written by Hans Mincham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Dinosaurs categories.
Vanished Giants
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Author : Anthony J. Stuart
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2021-01-28
Vanished Giants written by Anthony J. Stuart and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-28 with Science categories.
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.
Last Of The Wild
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Author : Robert M. McClung
language : en
Publisher: Shoe String Press
Release Date : 1997
Last Of The Wild written by Robert M. McClung and has been published by Shoe String Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Profiles threatened animals around the world and discusses why they are in danger and what is being done to save them.
Prehistoric Giants
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Author : Danielle Clode
language : en
Publisher: Danielle Clode
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Prehistoric Giants written by Danielle Clode and has been published by Danielle Clode this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Animals, Fossil categories.
Step back to a time when giant goannas and marsupial lions stalked the Australian bush. Imagine herds of two-tonne Diprotodon roaming the plains, and flocks of flightless ducks bigger than emus striding across the shallow inland sea.
Pictures Of Time Beneath
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Author : Kirsty Douglas
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2010-04-27
Pictures Of Time Beneath written by Kirsty Douglas and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-27 with Science categories.
Pictures of Time Beneath examines three celebrated heritage landscapes: Adelaide’s Hallett Cove, Lake Callabonna in the far north of South Australia, and the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region of New South Wales. It offers philosophical insights into significant issues of heritage management, our relationship with Australian landscapes, and an original perspective on our understanding of place, time, nation and science. Glaciers in Adelaide, cow-sized wombats, monster kangaroos, desert dunes littered with freshwater mussels, ancient oases and inland seas: a diverse group of deep-time imaginings is the subject of this ground-breaking book. Ideas about a deep past in Australia are central to broader issues of identity, belonging, uniqueness, legitimacy and intellectual community. This journey through Australia’s natural histories examines the way landscapes and landforms are interpreted to realise certain visions of the land, the nation and the past in the context of contemporary notions of geological heritage, cultural property, cultural identity and antiquity.
The Vanished People
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Author : Ion Llewellyn Idriess
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
The Vanished People written by Ion Llewellyn Idriess and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Aboriginal Australians categories.
Once And Future Giants
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Author : Sharon Levy
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-22
Once And Future Giants written by Sharon Levy and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-22 with Science categories.
Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Mammoths, camels, and lions walked the ground that has become Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and foraged on the marsh land now buried beneath Chicago's streets. Then, just as the first humans reached the Americas, these Ice Age giants vanished forever. In Once and Future Giants, science writer Sharon Levy digs through the evidence surrounding Pleistocene large animal ("megafauna") extinction events worldwide, showing that understanding this history--and our part in it--is crucial for protecting the elephants, polar bears, and other great creatures at risk today. These surviving relatives of the Ice Age beasts now face the threat of another great die-off, as our species usurps the planet's last wild places while driving a warming trend more extreme than any in mammalian history. Deftly navigating competing theories and emerging evidence, Once and Future Giants examines the extent of human influence on megafauna extinctions past and present, and explores innovative conservation efforts around the globe. The key to modern-day conservation, Levy suggests, may lie fossilized right under our feet.
Quarterly Essay 48 After The Future
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Author : Tim Flannery
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Quarterly Essay 48 After The Future written by Tim Flannery and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Nature categories.
Australia is home to many animals and plants found nowhere else on earth, making Australians caretakers of a unique heritage in a land that tolerates few mistakes. Yet, in After the Future, Tim Flannery shows that this country is now on the brink of a new wave of extinctions, which threatens to leave our national parks as “marsupial ghost towns.” Why are species becoming extinct despite the tens of millions of dollars being spent to protect nature? And what more should be done? In this passionate and illuminating essay, Flannery tells the story of the human impact on the continent. He revisits his Future Eaters hypothesis, discussing how firestick farming helped to shape the ecology and preserve native fauna. He looks at the way recent governments, in tandem with an indifferent populace and a rabid libertarian right, have let environmental knowledge and commitments erode. Finally, he describes new approaches to wildlife conservation and argues that Australia must take the lead on these. This is an essay that rings the alarm on behalf of the natural world, and asks us to think again about protection of its irreplaceable riches. ‘Such is the depth of public ignorance about Australia’s extinction crisis that most people are unaware that it is occurring, while those who do know of it commonly believe that our national parks and reserves are safe places for threatened species. In fact the second extinction wave is now in full swing, and it’s emptying our national parks and wildlife reserves as ruthlessly as other landscapes.’ —Tim Flannery, After the Future ‘Flannery is known as a passionate advocate for conservation, but rarely has he sounded so angry.’ —Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald ‘He's a scientist of world standing, a prolific and bestselling writer, a noted explorer, passionate about the Australian environment, and believes global warming is a calamitous crisis facing us all. Tim Flannery is also a controversial, outspoken stirrer who promises ... to tread on toes if he has to, to get his blunt views across.’ –Kerry O'Brien, The 7:30 Report
Last Of The Giants
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Author : Jeff Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Zest Books ™
Release Date : 2019-08-01
Last Of The Giants written by Jeff Campbell and has been published by Zest Books ™ this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
Today, an ancient world is vanishing right before our eyes: the age of giant animals. Over 40,000 years ago, the earth was ruled by megafauna: mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed tigers and giant sloths. Of course, those creatures no longer exist, and there is only one likely reason for that: the evolution and arrival of the earth's only tool-wielding hunter, the wildly adaptive, comparatively pint-sized human species. Many more of the world's biggest and baddest creatures—including the black rhino, the dodo, giant tortoises, and the great auk—have vanished since our world became truly global. Last of the Giants chronicles those giant animals and apex predators pushed to extinction in the modern era. The book also highlights those giant species that remain—even though many barely survive, living in such low numbers that they are on the brink of leaving this world within the next few decades. However, there is hope, for many endangered species can still be saved. As it profiles each extinct and endangered animal, Last of the Giants focuses on the conservation efforts that are trying to preserve the world's remaining charismatic species before they are lost forever.
Catalog Of Copyright Entries Third Series
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Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
language : en
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Release Date : 1970
Catalog Of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and has been published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Copyright categories.