Extinction : a radical history
Dawson, Ashley, 1965-2022
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Some thousands of years ago, the world was home to an immense variety of large mammals. From wooly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers to giant ground sloths and armadillos the size of automobiles, these spectacular creatures roamed freely. Then human beings arrived. Devouring their way down the food chain as they spread across the planet, they began a process of voracious extinction that has continued to the present. Headlines today are made by the existential threat confronting remaining large animals such as rhinos and pandas. But the devastation summoned by humans extends to humbler realms of creatures including beetles, bats and butterflies. Researchers generally agree that the current extinction rate is nothing short of catastrophic.
Main title:
Extinction : a radical history / Ashley Dawson.
Author:
Dawson, Ashley, 1965-, author
Edition:
Second edition.
Imprint:
Berkeley : OR Books, 2022.
Collation:
176 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:
9781682192993 (pbk)
Dewey class:
576.84
Language:
English
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BRN:
1003555