The Last Lost World
Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene
Published on 30. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-14-312342-2 (ISBN)
Description
An enthralling scientific and cultural exploration of the Ice Age-from the author of How the Canyon Became Grand
From a remarkable father-daughter team comes a dramatic synthesis of science and environmental history-an exploration of the geologic time scale and evolution twinned with the story of how, eventually, we have come to understand our own past.
The Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. The Last Lost World is an inquiry into the conditions that made it, the themes that define it, and the creature that emerged dominant from it. At the same time, it tells the story of how we came to discover and understand this crucial period in the Earth's history and what meanings it has for today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
403 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-312342-2 (9780143123422)
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Lydia Pyne | Stephen J. Pyne
The Last Lost World
Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene
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06/2012
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Persons
Lydia V. Pyne, a lecturer and visiting fellow at Drexel University, has done extensive fieldwork in archaeology and paleoanthropology. She lives in Philadelphia.
Stephen J. Pyne is the author of Voyager, Year of the Fires, The Ice, and How the Canyon Became Grand, among many other books. He lives in Glendale, Arizona.
Stephen J. Pyne is the author of Voyager, Year of the Fires, The Ice, and How the Canyon Became Grand, among many other books. He lives in Glendale, Arizona.