The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene

by Stephen J. Pyne and Lydia Pyne

Book Overview

An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene's dual character as a geologic time--and as a cultural idea The Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It's a time of ice ages,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670023639
• ISBN13: 9780670023639
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher