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Mammoths, Mastodonts, and Elephants

The diminishing population of African and Asian elephants can be compared to the extinction of other elephant-like species, such as mammoths and mastodonts, which occurred more than ten thousand years ago. This book uses the ecology and behaviour of modern elephants in Zimbabwe to create models or reconstructions of the life and death of extinct mammoths and mastodonts. The author's studies of the places where African elephants die, and the fossil and bone records are also examined very closely.

Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Proboscidean Flesh and Bones: 1. Taxonomy: classification of fossil and living forms; 2. Physical appearance: mammoths, mastodonts, and modern elephants; 3. A referential model for understanding mammoths and mastodonts: social structure and habit use by modern elephants; Part II. Actualistic Studies of Proboscidean Mortality: 4. Actualistic studies of mass deaths; 5. Actualistic studies of mass kills; Part III. The Fossil Record: 6. Finding meaning in proboscidean sites: the world fossil record; 7. Extinction in North America at the end of the Pleistocene; Appendix; References; Index.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	CUP/ Cambridge University Press
Pm Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pm Isbn 10	0521456916
Pm Isbn 13	9780521456913
Pm Publication Date	1993-05-28
Pm Width	152
Pm Height	227
Pm Author	Haynes, G
Pm Longness	0

Biology, Behaviour and the Fossil Record
Key Info: 56 b/w photos, 53 tables, 51 illus
Author: Haynes, G
Page Count: 413
Publication Date: 1993-05-28