This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all the
Pleistocene species in Europe, classified according to modern
taxonomic principles. For each species there is a description of
its descent and migration history, its range, and its mode of
life.
The first version of this book was a semi popular paperback in
the Swedish Aldus series. The present edition is completely
rewritten and greatly expanded, but retains the non-technical
approach to make the story accessible to readers with varying
backgrounds. The first part of the book is an outline of the
Pleistocene history of Europe, with its climatic changes and
succession of mammalian faunas. In the second part are listed all
the species of Mammalia known from the Pleistocene and Postglacial
of Europe, with the evolution, range in time and space, and mode of
life set down for each species, as far as known. The final part is
an evaluation of the story in terms of evolution and
palaeogeography.
The author begins with a description of the floral and faunal
succession in Europe, from the Villafranchian period, when climatic
changes were moderate, to the increasing temperature oscillations
of the later Pleistocene, with its recurrent faunal revolutions.
Against this background Kurten then deals with the whole range of
the mammalian species, and his account is fully illustrated by
reconstructions and text figures showing skeletal and odontological
characters. The book concludes with an analysis of the material
available for this study, which throws fresh light on several
aspects of zoogeography, evolution, and ecology.
This is the most complete account of the mammalian species of
Europe yet to appear, and will be of great value to all
paleontologists.
"Bjrn Kurtun" (1924-1988) was lecturer in palaeontology at the
University of Helsinki. He is well known for his studies of the
Pleistocene carnivores and of human evolution. He was a recipient
of Unesco's Kalinga Award. Some of his most famous publications
include "On the Variation and Population Dynamics of Fossil and
Recent Mammal Populations" and "Pleistocene Mammals of North
America."
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