Last of the Giants: The Rise and Fall of Earth's Most Dominant Species

by Jeff Campbell

Book Overview

Today, an ancient world is vanishing right before our eyes: the age of giant animals. Over 40,000 years ago, the earth was ruled by megafauna: mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed tigers and giant sloths. Of course, those creatures no longer exist, and there is only one likely reason for that: the evolution and arrival of the earth's only tool-wielding hunter, the wildly adaptive, comparatively pint-sized human species. Many more of the world's biggest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942186045
• ISBN13: 9781942186045
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Zest Books (Tm)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary