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100 1  MacPhee, R. D. E.,|eauthor. 
245 10 End of the megafauna :|bthe fate of the world's hugest, 
       fiercest, and strangest animals /|cRoss D.E. MacPhee ; 
       with Illustrations by Peter Schouten. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c[2019] 
300    236 pages :|billustrations (some color) ;|c27 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-222) and 
       index. 
520    "The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the 
       largest animals on earth. Until a few thousand years ago, 
       creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller--
       including gorilla-sized lemurs, 800-pound birds, 
       crocodiles that weighed a ton or more--roamed the earth. 
       These great beasts, or "megafauna," lived on every 
       habitable continent and on many islands. With a handful of
       exceptions, all are now gone. What caused the 
       disappearance of these prehistoric behemoths? 
       Paleomammologist Ross D. E. MacPhee explores that question,
       examining the leading extinction theories, weighing the 
       evidence, and presenting his own conclusions. He shows how
       theories of human overhunting and catastrophic climate 
       change fail to explain critical features of these 
       extinctions, and how new thinking is needed to elucidate 
       these mysterious losses. He comments on how past 
       extinctions can shed light on future losses, and on the 
       possibility of bringing back extinct species through 
       genetic engineering. Gorgeous four-color illustrations by 
       Peter Schouten bring these megabeasts back to life in 
       vivid detail."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Morphology (Animals) 
650  0 Body size. 
650  0 Extinct animals. 
650  0 Extinction (Biology) 
700 1  Schouten, Peter,|eillustrator.