10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEGAFAUNA»
Discover the use of
megafauna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
megafauna and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America
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.
Richard A. Fariña, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Gerry De Iuliis, 2012
2
Corridors to Extinction and the Australian
Megafauna
This book presents the evidence of this theory, demonstrating the biogeographic approach to Australia’s megafauna extinction.
3
Michael Swanwick's Field Guide to Mesozoic
Megafauna
This latest collection from renowned science fiction author Michael Swanwick contains 15 short-short stories on dinosaur themes.
4
Prehistoric Giants: The
Megafauna of Australia
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.
5
Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the ...
The author's overkill hypothesis is presented in this study that explains the mysterious megafauna extinctions in North and South America around the time humans arrived at the end of the last great ice age.
Paul Schultz Martin, 2005
13.2 The Quaternary “megafauna” extinctions 13.2.1 What are megafauna? The
term “megafauna” is one that is not easily defined. Marshall (1984) points out that
four different definitions are provided by different authors in Martin and Klein's ...
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American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene
Yet, interpretations of Early Paleoindian subsistence frequently portray foraging
societies as specialized hunters of Pleistocene megafauna. While the image of
mammoth hunters is compelling, it remains difficult to conceive of megafaunal ...
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Pleistocene Animals: Pleistocene Rewilding, Pleistocene ...
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Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe. like very good evidence for people and megafauna being
contemporaneous but none of the bone shows butchering marks and there were
no articulated parts, so the bones might have washed in from somewhere else.
Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, 2005
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Extinctions in Near Time
This chapter focuses on the accelerated extinction of megafauna that occurred
within the late Pleistocene, ca. 50,000 to 10,000 radiocarbon years before
present, with some reference to earlier (Pleistocene) and later (Holocene) events.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEGAFAUNA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
megafauna is used in the context of the following news items.
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There's a huge emphasis on "charismatic megafauna" right now. While we are starting to get better coverage for some other groups (for ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
400 Million Year Old Penis And 4 Other Bizarre Fossils That …
Almost two hundred years on, we know that “African” megafauna roamed the Vale of Pickering about 125,000 years ago, in a warm phase ... «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
Rare leatherback turtle sighting off Tiree
... Rigid Inflatable Boat (Rib) had headed to the isle of Tiree from its Oban base looking for basking sharks and other large megafauna. «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
'Rewilding' would create a theme park, not a return to nature
Query this star-struck preference for charismatic megafauna – or even mega-fish – over less glamorous critters, and they reply that these “top ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Bringing mammoths back, life on early Earth and more reader …
Reader Tim Cliffe agreed, adding: “The article points out something that many people don't know: Mammoths and the other Ice Age megafauna ... «Science News, Jul 15»
A wild idea? Should horses be returned to their historic rangelands?
Large animals, or megafauna, have been decimated worldwide during the last million or so years, the scientists from Aarhus University said. «Horsetalk, Jul 15»
Human civilisation is 'unsustainable' unless we begin protecting …
Large animals – described as megafauna and including elephants, rhinoceroses, polar bears and countless other species worldwide – face the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Scientists consider whether krill need to be protected from human …
What is clear, however, is how important the long-term health of this tiny creature is, not only to Antarctica's charismatic megafauna but to the ... «PRI, Jul 15»
Hip Shot: Wombat Drool
K abhors the attention heaped upon charismatic megafauna like elephants, tigers, and — don't get him started — giant pandas. No, he ... «Washington City Paper, Jul 15»
Shark Week for Some, Shark Life for Others
And filming underwater involves more than dealing with potentially deadly megafauna. “When you take a camera underwater, you have two ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Jul 15»
