On extinction : how we became estranged from nature /

How do we think about the things we have lost? How can we use what we know about extinctions - cultural, biological and industrial - to reconnect with nature? When the gigantic bones of mammoths were first excavated from the Siberian permafrost in the eighteenth century, scientists were forced to co...

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Main Author:	Challenger, Melanie
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : [2012]
Subjects:	Extinction (Biology) Nature > Effect of human beings on. Environmental responsibility. Environmental degradation. Challenger, Melanie > Travel. Polar regions > Description and travel.