The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its PeoplesOpen Road + Grove/Atlantic, 7 Jan 2015 - 434 halaman A comprehensive history of the continent, “full of engaging and attention-catching information about North America’s geology, climate, and paleontology” (The Washington Post Book World). Here, “the rock star of modern science” tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago to the present day (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel). Flannery describes the development of North America’s deciduous forests and other flora, and tracks the migrations of various animals to and from Europe, Asia, and South America, showing how plant and animal species have either adapted or become extinct. The story spans the massive changes wrought by the ice ages and the coming of the Native Americans. It continues right up to the present, covering the deforestation of the Northeast, the decimation of the buffalo, and other consequences of frontier settlement and the industrial development of the United States. This is science writing at its very best—both an engrossing narrative and a scholarly trove of information that “will forever change your perspective on the North American continent” (The New York Review of Books). |
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... Giant mutant killer pigs from Asia. The greatest dying since the end of the dinosaurs. A colder, dried-out world. North America isolated and impoverished. The arrival of the raven. 8 A GOLDEN AGE A glorious window opens, letting in ...
... Giant mutant killer pigs from Asia. The greatest dying since the end of the dinosaurs. A colder, dried-out world. North America isolated and impoverished. The arrival of the raven. 8 A GOLDEN AGE A glorious window opens, letting in ...
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... giants. How the buffalo got its pantaloons. Of humps and the serious consequences of sex in a crowd. The rise of the great herds. Megabucks, megarams and megabulls. 18 THE RISE OF CULTURES Of Nadene and Inuit. How the hard people took ...
... giants. How the buffalo got its pantaloons. Of humps and the serious consequences of sex in a crowd. The rise of the great herds. Megabucks, megarams and megabulls. 18 THE RISE OF CULTURES Of Nadene and Inuit. How the hard people took ...
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... GIANT The first billionaire. The unholy trinity of transport, industry and unity. Making guns gives more power than using them. A willingness to innovate. Mr Ford and his beloved soybean. Bonanza farming—exhausting the soil and drinking ...
... GIANT The first billionaire. The unholy trinity of transport, industry and unity. Making guns gives more power than using them. A willingness to innovate. Mr Ford and his beloved soybean. Bonanza farming—exhausting the soil and drinking ...
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... for species such as the giant marine reptiles, seabirds and perhaps pterodactyls) as stepping stones. As the Bearpaw Sea narrowed such crossings became more frequent , heralding the amalgamation of the two GROUND ZERO.
... for species such as the giant marine reptiles, seabirds and perhaps pterodactyls) as stepping stones. As the Bearpaw Sea narrowed such crossings became more frequent , heralding the amalgamation of the two GROUND ZERO.
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... giant reptiles rather than whales and dolphins, and ammonites (like nautiluses) but no reefs of coral like today. Instead, giant clams (some a metre long and shaped like the horns of cattle, others jammed together in enormous colonies) ...
... giant reptiles rather than whales and dolphins, and ammonites (like nautiluses) but no reefs of coral like today. Instead, giant clams (some a metre long and shaped like the horns of cattle, others jammed together in enormous colonies) ...
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