Savannah Lives: Animal Life and the Human Evolution of Africa

by Staffan Ulfstrand and ULFSTRAND

In a lively, personal style, Savannah Lives offers an introduction to the African savannahs as home to a unique wildlife and as the context for the origin and evolution of the human species. After briefly explaining the geology of the African continent and the climatic changes that have shaped its vegetation, Savannah Lives goes on to describe how the savannah is constantly modified by fire, water, elephants - and people. Much of the book is taken...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198509251
• ISBN13: 9780198509257
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.7"