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Prehistoric America: A Journey through the Ice Age and Beyond

When human beings first arrived in North America at the end of the last Ice Age, they encountered a teeming variety of animals, from ground sloths and mastodons to zebras and camels.

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This spectacularly illustrated book takes us on a captivating journey back to that time, showing us the entire continent and its incredible wildlife as it looked 13,000 years ago.

The book travels the ancient continent region by region, from the icy Arctic vastness to the steamy tropical swamps of Florida.

We are introduced to bizarre beasts, now extinct (including glyptodonts, scimitar-toothed cats, and mammoths); animals that have long since disappeared from their North American habitats (lions, cheetahs); and species still seen today (grizzlies, condors, alligators).

A wealth of fossil evidence informs the stunning computer-generated panoramas that fill the pages of this extraordinary book.

The bones of the ancient beasts again have flesh and fur, unfamiliar animals again roam the landscapes, and the world of prehistoric North America comes startlingly to life..

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Authors: Miles Barton, Ian Gray, Adam White, Nigel Bean, Stephen Dunleavy

Publisher: Yale University Press

Date: Feb. 8, 2003

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