{"product_id":"smilodon-lars-werdelin-9781421425566","title":"Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe consummate guide to the ultimate sabertooth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew animals spark the imagination as much as the sabertooth cat \u003ci\u003eSmilodon\u003c\/i\u003e. With their incredibly long canines, which hung like fangs past their jaws, these ferocious predators were first encountered by humans when our species entered the Americas. We can only imagine what ice age humans felt when they were confronted by a wild cat larger than a Siberian tiger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause \u003ci\u003eSmilodon\u003c\/i\u003e skeletons are perennial favorites with museum visitors, researchers have devoted themselves to learning as much as possible about the lives of these massive cats. This volume, edited by celebrated academics, brings together a team of experts to provide a comprehensive and contemporary view of all that is known about \u003ci\u003eSmilodon\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is a detailed scientific work that will be invaluable to paleontologists, mammalogists, and serious amateur sabertooth devotees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book \u003cbr\u003e- covers all major aspects of the animal's natural history, evolution, phylogenetic relationships, anatomy, biomechanics, and ecology \u003cbr\u003e- traces all three \u003ci\u003eSmilodon\u003c\/i\u003e species across both North and South America\u003cbr\u003e- brings together original, unpublished research with historical accounts of \u003ci\u003eSmilodon\u003c\/i\u003e's discovery in nineteenth-century Brazil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive reference on these iconic Pleistocene mammals, \u003ci\u003eSmilodon \u003c\/i\u003ewill be cited by researchers for decades to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: John P. Babiarz, Wendy J. Binder, Charles S. Churcher, Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Robert S. Feranec, Therese Flink, James L. Knight, Margaret E. Lewis, Larry D. Martin, H. Gregory McDonald, Julie A. Meachen, William C. H. Parr, Ashley R. Reynolds. Kevin L. Seymour, Christopher A. Shaw, C. S. Ware, Lars Werdelin, H. Todd Wheeler, Stephen Wroe, M. Aleksander Wysocki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lars Werdelin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421425564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421425566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 6.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019","brand":"Lars Werdelin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072942371071,"sku":"9781421425566","price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad8cfbc5-35c2-447f-94ae-ed795fa644f7.jpg?v=1685444858","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smilodon-lars-werdelin-9781421425566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}