Savannas of our birth : people, wildlife, and change in East Africa /
This book tells the sweeping story of the role that East African savannas played in human evolution, how people, livestock, and wildlife interact in the region today, and how these relationships might shift as the climate warms, the world globalizes, and human populations grow. Our ancient human anc...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2012].
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book tells the sweeping story of the role that East African savannas played in human evolution, how people, livestock, and wildlife interact in the region today, and how these relationships might shift as the climate warms, the world globalizes, and human populations grow. Our ancient human ancestors were nurtured by African savannas, which today support pastoral peoples and the last remnants of great Pleistocene herds of large mammals. Why has this wildlife thrived best where they live side-by-side with humans? Ecologist Robin S. Reid delves into the evidence to find that herding is often. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (411 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520954076 0520954076 9781283543194 1283543192 9786613855640 6613855642 |