On the Track of Ice Age MammalsUsing geological and fossil evidence, this book investigates the mammals of the last 2 million years. Also investigates the possibility of recurring Ice Ages in the future. |
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Preface | 7 |
Dragons unicorns giants and saints | 27 |
Dating Ice Age mammals | 44 |
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000 years ago 000 years old absolute dating Africa animals apparently arctic areas asphalt Australia australopithecine bison bones British Isles carbon carcasses carnivores cave chronology climatic change cold continents Crag deep sea Devensian dragons estuary Europe evidence example excavations extinct fossil fossil mammalian fossil remains frozen geological giant deer ground sloth hippopotamus Holocene horse hyaena Ice Age ice sheets interglacial Ipswichian Ireland known lake land layer localities Magdalenian mammalian fauna mammalian remains mammalian species mammals marsupials mastodon metres million years ago Museum Mylodon North America occur Olduvai oxygen isotope Palaeolithic palaeontologist Photo plant remains Pleistocene age Pliocene pollen present day preserved Quaternary Rancho La Brea recent record red deer reindeer relative represented river sabre-toothed cat sea-level sediment sequence Siberia skeleton skull South spotted hyaena straight-tusked elephant studies survived teeth terrace deposits terrestrial Thames Ultima Esperanza unicorn upper woolly mammoth woolly rhinoceros