Discovering the mammoth : a tale of giants, unicorns, ivory, and the birth of a new science /

Today, we know that a mammoth is an extinct type of elephant that was covered with long fur and lived in the north country during the ice ages. But how do you figure out what a mammoth is if you have no concept of extinction, ice ages or fossils? Long after the last mammoth died and was no longer pa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McKay, John J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pegasus Books, [2017]
Edition:	First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Subjects:	Mammoths. Woolly mammoth. Fossils > Social aspects. Paleontology > History. NATURE / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. NATURE / Fossils. SCIENCE / Natural History. SCIENCE / Paleontology.

Table of Contents:

Giants and unicorns
The ivory trail
Eastern travelers
The Swedes
Academies and journals
The American cousin
Siberia and Paris
The first great mammoth.