Once There Were Giants (Hardback)
The Past, Present and Future of Megafauna
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Meet the giant animals who transformed the earth, and the modern-day species stepping into their magnificent footsteps
Nature demands giants. Megafauna crop up in every era, from the Dreadnoughtus of the Cretaceous period to the more recently extinct woolly mammoth. And everywhere these giant creatures went, they shaped the world around them, simply by existing.
This book will tell the story of megafauna on Earth; how big were they really? What did they eat? What ate them? And what might it have been like for our earliest ancestors to exist alongside them?
There are vanishingly few megafauna present on earth today. But until very recently, every chain in the biosphere was held together by these immense beasts. Chantal Lyons explores the natural history of these species that most of us don't even know we're missing, introduces the surprising species that have crowded in to fill the gaps left behind, and imagines what the future could hold if humans are able to embrace megafauna once more.
Once There Were Giants (Ebook)
The Past, Present and Future of Megafauna
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Meet the giant animals who transformed the earth, and the modern-day species stepping into their magnificent footsteps
Nature demands giants. Megafauna crop up in every era, from the Dreadnoughtus of the Cretaceous period to the more recently extinct woolly mammoth. And everywhere these giant creatures went, they shaped the world around them, simply by existing.
This book will tell the story of megafauna on Earth; how big were they really? What did they eat? What ate them? And what might it have been like for our earliest ancestors to exist alongside them?
There are vanishingly few megafauna present on earth today. But until very recently, every chain in the biosphere was held together by these immense beasts. Chantal Lyons explores the natural history of these species that most of us don't even know we're missing, introduces the surprising species that have crowded in to fill the gaps left behind, and imagines what the future could hold if humans are able to embrace megafauna once more.
Once There Were Giants (Audiobook)
The Past, Present and Future of Megafauna
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Meet the giant animals who transformed the earth, and the modern-day species stepping into their magnificent footsteps
Nature demands giants. Megafauna crop up in every era, from the Dreadnoughtus of the Cretaceous period to the more recently extinct woolly mammoth. And everywhere these giant creatures went, they shaped the world around them, simply by existing.
This book will tell the story of megafauna on Earth; how big were they really? What did they eat? What ate them? And what might it have been like for our earliest ancestors to exist alongside them?
There are vanishingly few megafauna present on earth today. But until very recently, every chain in the biosphere was held together by these immense beasts. Chantal Lyons explores the natural history of these species that most of us don't even know we're missing, introduces the surprising species that have crowded in to fill the gaps left behind, and imagines what the future could hold if humans are able to embrace megafauna once more.
Reviews for Once There Were Giants
Steve Brusatte, professor and palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh and author of THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DINOSAURS
Stephen Moss, author of TEN BIRDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Ben Goldsmith, author of GOD IS AN OCTOPUS
Joe Roman, author of WHALE
Lee Schofield, author of WILD FELL
Roger Morgan-Grenville, author of LIQUID GOLD
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Stephen Moss
Chantal Lyons
Chantal Lyons is a naturalist and science communicator who works with fishers in the UK and beyond to protect marine megafauna from bycatch. Her first book, Groundbreakers: The Return of Britain's Wild Boar, won the BES Marsh Ecology Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize.