The Call of Distant Mammoths: Why the Ice Age Mammals Disappeared (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780387949154)

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.

Author: Peter D. Ward
ISBN-10: 0387949151
ISBN-13: 9780387949154
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1997
Pages: 241
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.55h x 6.40w x 0.97d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/17/1997 pg. 71
Library Journal 04/01/1997 pg. 119