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Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America (Life of the Past) Kindle Edition
More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell them at the beginning of the modern era and the arrival of humans. It places these giants within the context of the other mammals then alive, describing their paleobiology—how they walked; how much they weighed; their diets, behavior, biomechanics; and the interactions among them and with their environment. It also tells the stories of the scientists who contributed to our discovery and knowledge of these transcendent creatures and the environment they inhabited. The episode known as the Great American Biotic Interchange, perhaps the most important of all natural history “experiments,” is also an important theme of the book, tracing the biotic events of both North and South America that led to the fauna and the ecosystems discussed in this book.
“Collectively, this book brings attention to the discovery and natural history of ancient beasts in South America while providing a broader temporal and geographic background that allows readers to understand their evolution and potential immigration to South America.” —Quarterly Review of Biology
“An excellent volume . . . This book is likely to facilitate progress in the understanding of fossil mammals from the Americas.” —Priscum
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherIndiana University Press
- Publication dateMay 22, 2013
- Reading age18 years and up
- File size18335 KB
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Editorial Reviews
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"Overall, [this] is an enjoyable read that provides a substantial amount of detail on the biology, ecology, and distribution of these fantastic animals. . . . Highly recommended."―Choice
"Collectively, this book brings attention to the discovery and natural history of ancient beasts in South America while providing a broader temporal and geographic background that allows readers to understand their evolution and potential immigration to South America."―Quarterly Review of Biology
"The conversational tone in this volume makes it a pleasure to read. I recommend this book for anyone interested in paleontology, students new to the subject, graduate students, and researchers who want to become well grounded in late Neogene paleontology of both Americas."―Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
"This is an excellent volume. Its structure is complex, serving well the multitude of topics the authors managed to treat in a reader-friendly, yet rigorous manner that will satisfy both specialists and general paleontologists and the educated reader. . . This book is likely to facilitate progress in the understanding of fossil mammals from the Americas."―Priscum
"These bizarre beasts are wonderful exemplars of parallel evolution, controversial in their implications for competition/extinction . . . and just plain intriguing!"―Donald Prothero, author of After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals
"The history of the South American megafauna is a fascinating topic. For much of the Cenozoic Era South America was an island continent in which the carnivores were all marsupials and the herbivores were primitive ungulates that evolved into forms functionally similar to unrelated animals found elsewhere in the world. [They] were a unique blend of indigenous and immigrant animals that had apparently reached equilibrium in the wake of the Great American Interchange. When and why many of them subsequently went extinct has yet to be fully resolved."―John Harris, Chief Curator of the George Page Natural History Museum
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The history of the South American megafauna is a fascinating topic. For much of the Cenozoic Era South America was an island continent in which the carnivores were all marsupials and the herbivores were primitive ungulates that evolved into forms functionally similar to unrelated animals found elsewhere in the world. [They] were a unique blend of indigenous and immigrant animals that had apparently reached equilibrium in the wake of the Great American Interchange. When and why many of them subsequently went extinct has yet to be fully resolved.
-- John Harris ― Chief Curator of the George Page Natural History MuseumAbout the Author
Gerry De Iuliis is affiliated with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto.
Gary Tiedemann is an acclaimed bilingual audiobook narrator who has recorded over two hundred titles. An Audie and Earphones award-winner, he has also voiced thousands of other professional projects, including commercials, e-learning videos, audio dramas, animation projects, and video games. The co-founder of The New Colony Theatre, he learned how to act in Chicago's improv, sketch-comedy, and theater scene.
Andre Bellido is a New York City-based audiobook narrator, actor, and musician, born in South Florida to Latin American immigrants. He attended Berklee College of Music as a music production and engineering major and moved to NYC shortly after graduating. He started out by engineering and directing audiobooks and podcasts at various recording studios in the city, while simultaneously studying acting at T. Schreiber. Andre performs in both English and Spanish, and is represented by Prestige Management for commercial acting.
Sergio F. Vizcaino is professor of vertebrate zoology at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and researcher of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas working at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. His research focuses on the paleobiology of South American fossil vertebrates, mostly mammals. He has participated in numerous field work seasons in Argentina, and Antarctica. He was the president of the Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina.
Product details
- ASIN : B00BIP23KQ
- Publisher : Indiana University Press; Illustrated edition (May 22, 2013)
- Publication date : May 22, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 18335 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 874 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #497,004 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #32 in Biological Science of Fossils
- #58 in Paleontology (Kindle Store)
- #126 in Biology of Dinosaurs
- Customer Reviews:
About the author
Richard A. Fariña (please don't forget the tilde above the n) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1957. As a child, he wanted to become a football (=soccer) player. When he realised his skills fell short of his dreams, chose to study science.
He's married to colleague Ángeles Beri and has a daughter, Eva (who, by the way, decided to be NOT a scientist but an artist...). He lectures palaeontology in the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo. As a researcher, he likes to be cautiously daring. Sometimes he achieves it.
He enjoys writing scientific papers as well as popular books, like the awarded "Hace Sólo Diez Mil Años" (with Sergio Vizcaíno, Fin de Siglo, in its 6th edition), "Megafauna para niños" (with Mariana Di Giacomo and Mauro Muyano, Fin de Siglo) and "Megafauna. Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America" (with Sergio Vizcaíno and Gerry de Iuliis). He also performed and directed science documentaries.
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