false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364329m/49831.jpg 49831 2 Just 12,000 years ago - at the height of the last Ice Age - saber-toothed tigers, giant ground sloths, camels, hippos and the great herds of proboscideans: giant mastodons and mammoths, extinct relatives of the elephant, roamed the land where skyscrapers now stand. Why are these splendid creatures no longer with us? This compelling book explores the reasons for these extinctions and provides a tour of mass extinctions throughout earth's history, including the great comet crash that killed off the dinosaurs. Brilliantly written, <B>The Call of Distant Mammoths</B> is an engaging exploration of the history of life and the importance of humanity as an evolutionary force. 48737 1997 The Call of Distant Mammoths: Why The Ice Age Mammals Disappeared total:6|5:3|4:1|3:2|2:0|1:0| 6 25 8 3 49831 0387985727 9780387985725 5 3 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364329m/49831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49831.The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths_Why_The_Ice_Age_Mammals_Disappeared 3 1 false Fri Sep 25 21:48:36 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 22:36:27 -0700 2009 Within the first couple of paragraphs Ward makes it clear that he is a proponent of overkill theory. Though he does give a brief overview of other theories regarding the extinction event at the end...more...]]> 49831 0387985727 9780387985725 5 3 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364329m/49831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49831.The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths_Why_The_Ice_Age_Mammals_Disappeared 5 1 false Sat Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 04:42:43 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 13:32:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 49831 0387985727 9780387985725 5 3 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364329m/49831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49831.The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths_Why_The_Ice_Age_Mammals_Disappeared 5 0 false Sat May 31 06:57:05 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 06:58:03 -0700 2008 2415300 0387949151 9780387949154 1 0 4.17 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2415300.The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths_Why_the_Ice_Age_Mammals_Disappeared 0 0 false Fri Oct 23 08:54:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 08:54:08 -0700 2009 49831 0387985727 9780387985725 5 3 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364329m/49831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49831.The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths_Why_The_Ice_Age_Mammals_Disappeared 3 0 false Tue Jul 28 12:04:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:04:23 -0700 2009 49831 0387985727 9780387985725 5 3 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364329m/49831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49831.The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths_Why_The_Ice_Age_Mammals_Disappeared 4 0 false Fri Nov 21 13:58:40 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 13:58:40 -0800 2008 2415300 0387949151 9780387949154 1 0 4.17 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2415300.The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths_Why_the_Ice_Age_Mammals_Disappeared 5 0 false Thu Apr 03 12:49:27 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 12:49:27 -0700 2008 49831 0387985727 9780387985725 5 3 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170364329m/49831.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49831.The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths_Why_The_Ice_Age_Mammals_Disappeared 0 0 false Mon Jan 28 07:11:17 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 07:11:17 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=49831