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'''Megafauna: First Victims of the Human-Caused Extinction''' | '''Megafauna: First Victims of the Human-Caused Extinction''' | ||
I wrote this review on Amazon (with [[Nana Hoshihara|Nana]]'s Amazon prime account): | |||
<blockquote>Other books like Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens and Jared Diamond's Third Chimpanzee, say that humans probably killed off the mammoths, after some "Great Leap Forward" where we started acting like a "Banana Republic" but this book takes us back over 1.5 million years ago and provides more profound insights into how and why we find ourselves in collision with our biosphere. | <blockquote>Other books like Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens and Jared Diamond's Third Chimpanzee, say that humans probably killed off the mammoths, after some "Great Leap Forward" where we started acting like a "Banana Republic" but this book takes us back over 1.5 million years ago and provides more profound insights into how and why we find ourselves in collision with our biosphere. | ||
I love the aside Baz gives on talking about radiocarbon and other dating methods. Similar to the way other information is presented, it allows you to come to the conclusion that "Beyond | I love the aside Baz gives on talking about radiocarbon and other dating methods. Similar to the way other information is presented, it allows you to come to the conclusion that "Beyond a probable doubt, this is the most likely scenario." | ||
When Baz wrote "Dart and Leakey [] were, in effect, giving the middle finger to an anthropological world that had for decades ignored or disparaged their ideas and discoveries.", I can't help but think he is not doing the same thing in this book. | When Baz wrote "Dart and Leakey [] were, in effect, giving the middle finger to an anthropological world that had for decades ignored or disparaged their ideas and discoveries.", I can't help but think he is not doing the same thing in this book. | ||
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The book is now for sale in Canada at: [https://www.amazon.ca/Megafauna-First-Victims-Human-Caused-Extinction/dp/1544526539 Amazon Canada] | The book is now for sale in Canada at: [https://www.amazon.ca/Megafauna-First-Victims-Human-Caused-Extinction/dp/1544526539 Amazon Canada] | ||
Revision as of 2022-12-17T20:42:49
Megafauna: First Victims of the Human-Caused Extinction
I wrote this review on Amazon (with Nana's Amazon prime account):
Other books like Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens and Jared Diamond's Third Chimpanzee, say that humans probably killed off the mammoths, after some "Great Leap Forward" where we started acting like a "Banana Republic" but this book takes us back over 1.5 million years ago and provides more profound insights into how and why we find ourselves in collision with our biosphere.
I love the aside Baz gives on talking about radiocarbon and other dating methods. Similar to the way other information is presented, it allows you to come to the conclusion that "Beyond a probable doubt, this is the most likely scenario."
When Baz wrote "Dart and Leakey [] were, in effect, giving the middle finger to an anthropological world that had for decades ignored or disparaged their ideas and discoveries.", I can't help but think he is not doing the same thing in this book.
The book is now for sale in Canada at: Amazon Canada
and in the US at: Amazon.com