Corridors to Extinction and the Australian Megafauna - Couverture souple

Webb, Steve

9780323282611: Corridors to Extinction and the Australian Megafauna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 032328261X ISBN 13 : 9780323282611

Editeur : Elsevier, 2016

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Extinctions have always occurred and always will, so what is so surprising about the megafauna extinctions? They were caused by humans and were the first of many extinctions that eventually led to the extinction of the Moa, Steller's Sea Cow, the Dodo, Great Auk and countless other species great and small, all attributed to human agency. Therefore, the megafauna were humans' first great impact on the planet. There is now an increasing realization that the 'blitzkrieg' view of these extinctions may have been wrong. A growing body of evidence and long-term field work is beginning to show that at least Australia's megafauna did not succumb to human agency, not because humans probably did not hunt the odd animal but because the an infinitely more logical reason lies in the climatic conditions of the Quaternary Ice Ages and the affect they had on continental geography, environment, climate and, most importantly, the biogeography of the megafauna. This book presents the evidence of this theory, demonstrating the biogeographic approach to Australia's megafauna extinction.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Dr Steve Webb was appointed Lecturer at the Australian National University in 1984 where he lectured in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. In 1986 he was appointed a Research Fellow at the Research School of Pacific Studies at the ANU where he conducted extensive research on the oldest human remains in Australia. He has worked with Federal Government and Indigenous agencies extensively, playing a significant role in the repatriation of Aboriginal skeletal remains from Australian and overseas museums to Aboriginal communities. This work has given him a broad understanding of past and present Aboriginal society and issues facing Aboriginal people.

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