20.08.02
Wild
New World
The
new hardback by Miles Barton, Nigel Bean, Stephen Dunleavy, Ian
Gray & Adam White
At
the beginning of a new millennium it is worth reflecting on a time,
not so long ago, when an entire continent was free of humankind.
Imagine instead a land inhabited by a remarkable cast of characters,
including the Columbian mammoth, the sabre-toothed cat and the lumbering
glyptodont. When you add to this list dire wolves, lions and cheetahs,
it is no wonder that Ice-Age North America has been described as
an American Serengeti, teeming with a variety of large mammals that
rivals the East African plains of today.
Published
to accompany a major new 6-part series for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2, Wild New World
takes us on a captivating journey back to a time 13,000 years ago
when people were first entering the vast and beautiful continent
of North America. Moving across the continent region by region,
the book studies present-day animals for insights into older, now
extinct beasts and unravels a wealth of fossil evidence to provide
intriguing clues to the continent's prehistoric wildlife.
From
herds of woolly mammoths that brave the blizzards of the North to
giant ground sloths that browse the tree-tops in the tropical South,
long-extinct animals are skilfully brought back to life and we experience
the continent as seen by the first people, creating a new understanding
of today's North America.
Stunningly
illustrated with real animals of the present and computer-generated
creatures of the past and written by members of the production team,
Wild New World is a truly ground-breaking natural history book,
guaranteed to inspire nature enthusiasts of all ages
Published:
19 September 2002
ISBN: 0563 53425 7
Price: Β£20.00 (Hardback)
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