{"product_id":"the-last-giant-of-beringia-dan-oneill-9780465051571","title":"The Last Giant of Beringia: The Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge","description":"The intriguing theory of a land bridge periodically linking Siberia and Alaska during the coldest pulsations of the Ice Ages had been much debated since Jose de Acosta, a Spanish missionary working in Mexico and Peru, first proposed the idea of a connection between the continents in 1589. But proof of the land bridge - now named Beringia after eighteenth-century Danish explorer Vitus Bering - eluded scientists until an inquiring geologist named Dave Hopkins emerged from rural New England and set himself to the task of solving the mystery. Through the life story of Hopkins, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Giant of Beringia\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the fascinating science detective story that at last confirmed the existence of the land bridge that served as the intercontinental migration route for such massive Ice Age beasts as woolly mammoths, steppe bison, giant stag-moose, dire wolves, short-faced bears, and saber-toothed cats - and for the first humans to enter the New World from Asia. After proving unambiguously that the land bridge existed, Hopkins went on to show that the Beringian landscape cannot have been the \"polar desert\" that many had claimed, but provided forage enough to sustain a diverse menagerie of Ice Age behemoths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 046505157X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465051571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 6.32w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 34","brand":"Dan O'Neill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045639942399,"sku":"9780465051571","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_216c40b0-eca3-40d1-82d9-7b70986f0ebe.jpg?v=1684979877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-giant-of-beringia-dan-oneill-9780465051571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}