Gary Haynes

Broschiertes Buch

Mammoths, Mastodonts, and Elephants

Biology, Behavior and the Fossil Record

Beschreibung

This study uses the ecology and behaviour of modern elephants to create models for reconstructing the life and death of extinct mammoths and mastodons.

Autor

Gary Haynes is Foundation Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno. For eight years (2003-2011) he was President of the Commission on Palaeoecology and Human Evolution in INQUA (the International Union for Quaternary Research). He has done fieldwork research on free-roaming elephants in southern Africa for over 30 years, and has also specialized in the study of earliest American Paleoindian cultures. Current research is focused on Zimbabwean prehistory and paleoenvironments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 691g
• ISBN-13: 9780521456913
• ISBN-10: 0521456916
• Artikelnr.: 21338936