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Mammoths - Ice Age Giants (Paperback)
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Enormous, elephantine and extinct: the mammoth is the iconic animal
of the Ice Age. These colossal creatures roamed the cold, open
landscapes of Europe, Asia, and North America as recently as 20,000
years ago. Today, their well-preserved fossil remains generate much
fascination and speculation around the world. Mammoths: Ice Age
Giants reveals what their life was really like. It describes their
environment, behaviour, evolution and appearance, including new DNA
analysis that shows what colour mammoths actually were. Unravelling
the latest scientific research, Adrian Lister explains why this
incredible species died out and whether it may be possible to clone
them in the future. He also draws challenging parallels between the
fate of the mammoths and that of their close relatives, the living
elephants. Throughout the book there are striking photographs of
skeletons, skulls, tusks and preserved flesh from the world-famous
collections of the Natural History Museum in London, as well as
images of the best preserved mammoth in the world, Lyuba. From the
Pleistocene period to our recent past, Mammoths: Ice Age Giants
captures evolution in action in the dynamic world of the
mammoth.The book is published to tie in with a major new exhibition
on mammoths opening at the Natural History Museum in spring 2014.
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