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The Call of Distant Mammoths: Why the Ice Age Mammals Disappeared (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 241 pages
  • Publisher: Springer; illustrated edition edition (1 Nov 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0387985727
  • ISBN-13: 978-0387985725
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Just 12,000 years ago - at the height of the last Ice Age - saber-toothed tigers, giant ground sloths, camels, hippos and the great herds of proboscideans: giant mastodons and mammoths, extinct relatives of the elephant, roamed the land where skyscrapers now stand. Why are these splendid creatures no longer with us? This compelling book explores the reasons for these extinctions and provides a tour of mass extinctions throughout earth's history, including the great comet crash that killed off the dinosaurs. Brilliantly written, The Call of Distant Mammoths is an engaging exploration of the history of life and the importance of humanity as an evolutionary force.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Extinction in the recent past (and future?), 18 Mar 1999
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Mr. Ward's book was an interesting and quick read. It was written in terms that non-scientists can understand yet covers the breadth of the current extinction debates with a fair amount of detail. The history of life on earth between 40,000 years ago until the dawn of civilization tends to be overlooked by the flashier dinosaur eras. This book gives us a glimpse at this crucial not so distant time in our past. While I had hoped that the book would be more specific about the Pleistocene fauna I would recommend it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Insightfull and Compelling - A dire warning, 18 Feb 2003
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Although the author focuses on the megafauna extinctions in late Ice-Age America, the book is really a general warning - and a very sombre one at that - about species extinction in general, and the factors affecting or even producing it. And if, in the case of Ice-Age big mammals, humans are shown to be only partially responsible - the other culprit being the abrupt climate changes, after the ice retreated - the author reminds us that species extinction is very much alive and well today, all over the world. And this time, we are the only guilty party.
The book is written with passion and eloquence, and some may be tempted to question its scientific value or integrity. I am no palaeontologist myself, so I really cannot argue about this point. I can only say that what Mr.Ward offers, cold scientific facts and educated guesses - you cannot avoid those in palaeontology - or passionate comments on behalf of prehistoric mammoths and modern elephants alike, it convinced me and moved me. By all means read the book as it is, an elegy for worlds lost forever and a warning for other worlds, soon to follow them.
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