Book Description
Tells the story of the discovery of Lyuba, a perfectly preserved baby mammoth discovered along a river in Siberia 31,000 years after her birth, and offers a glimpse into her prehistoric world.
Author : Christopher Sloan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,38 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426308663
Tells the story of the discovery of Lyuba, a perfectly preserved baby mammoth discovered along a river in Siberia 31,000 years after her birth, and offers a glimpse into her prehistoric world.
Author : Christopher Sloan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426308655
Tells the story of the discovery of Lyuba, a perfectly preserved baby mammoth discovered along a river in Siberia 31,000 years after her birth, and offers a glimpse into her prehistoric world.
Author : Beth Shapiro
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 30,62 MB
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0691209561
An insider's view on bringing extinct species back to life Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ancient DNA research, addresses this intriguing question by walking readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores the extraordinary cutting-edge science that is being used to resurrect the past. Considering de-extinction's practical benefits and ethical challenges, Shapiro argues that the overarching goal should be the revitalization and stabilization of contemporary ecosystems. Looking at the very real and compelling science behind an idea once seen as science fiction, How to Clone a Mammoth demonstrates how de-extinction will redefine conservation's future.
Author : R. Dale Guthrie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 28,53 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 022615971X
Frozen mammals of the Ice Age, preserved for millennia in the tundra, have been a source of fascination and mystery since their first discovery over two centuries ago. These mummies, their ecology, and their preservation are the subject of this compelling book by paleontologist Dale Guthrie. The 1979 find of a frozen, extinct steppe bison in an Alaskan gold mine allowed him to undertake the first scientific excavation of an Ice Age mummy in North America and to test theories about these enigmatic frozen fauna. The 36,000-year-old bison mummy, coated with blue mineral crystals, was dubbed "Blue Babe." Guthrie conveys the excitement of its excavation and shows how he made use of evidence from living animals, other Pleistocene mummies, Paleolithic art, and geological data. With photographs and scores of detailed drawings, he takes the reader through the excavation and subsequent detective work, analyzing the animal's carcass and its surroundings, the circumstances of its death, its appearance in life, the landscape it inhabited, and the processes of preservation by freezing. His examination shows that Blue Babe died in early winter, falling prey to lions that inhabited the Arctic during the Pleistocene era. Guthrie uses information gleaned from his study of Blue Babe to provide a broad picture of bison evolutionary history and ecology, including speculations on the interactions of bison and Ice Age peoples. His description of the Mammoth Steppe as a cold, dry, grassy plain is based on an entirely new way of reading the fossil record.
Author : Adrian Lister
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,62 MB
Release : 2014-02
Category : Mammoths
ISBN : 9780565093273
Explore the world of mammoths with this illustrated guide, featuring photographs of skeletons, casts, tusks and preserved flesh from the world-famous collections of the Natural History Museum, London and the Field Museum in North America.
Author : Johan Reinhard
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :
A first-person account of the 1995 discovery of the over 500-year-old Peruvian ice mummy on Mount Ampato and a description of the subsequent retrieval and scientific study.
Author : Charlotte Wilcox
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 13,89 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0876147678
Discusses mummies found around the world, including Peru, Denmark, and the Italian Alps, and explains how studying them provides clues to past ways of life.
Author : Jack London
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 12,33 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781402725005
An abridged version of the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
Author : Marfe Ferguson Delano
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781426301629
A young female sea dolly is born in the shallow waters of a prehistoric Kansas Mesozoic-era lake and learns to survive after encountering a variety of predators and other underwater dinosaurs from that ancient time period.
Author : Allan Ahlberg
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0241389542
The story of a baby who is sad and sets off one day in search of a mummy. He meets a cat, a teddy, a clockwork hen and an uncle who all refuse to be his mummy but offer to help him in his search. They find a lady who has no baby and she agrees to bethe baby's mummy. They all have tea together and uncle reads a story about a baby who had no daddy and this leads to another search until finally a daddy is found too!