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Savannah lives : animal life and human evolution in Africa

Title
Savannah lives : animal life and human evolution in Africa / Staffan Ulfstrand ; translated by Cheryl Jones Fur.
Author
Ulfstrand, Staffan, 1933-
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Description
xi, 317 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 22 cm
Subject
  • Savanna ecology > Africa
  • Savanna animals > Africa
  • Savanna animals
  • Savanna ecology
  • Hominisation
  • Savanne
  • Säugetiere
  • Tierökologie
  • Africa
  • Afrika
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographic references (p. [303]-310).
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Swedish.
Contents
1. The curtain rises on the final act -- 2. A significant digression -- 3. Formation of the savannah -- 4. Pillars of the earth -- 5. The long reach of a giraffe's neck -- 6. Savannah ruminants: five different lifestyles -- 7. Sapphire in the sand -- 8. Masculine mothers in moderate collusion -- 9. Lion prides -- nursery schools and death patrols -- 10. Baboon thoughts -- 11. War and peace, crime and punishment in chimpanzee society -- 12. Bonobos: 'make love, not war' -- 13. Humans -- marked for life -- 14. Small steps, long journey.
ISBN
  • 0198509251
  • 9780198509257
LCCN
2003268550
OCLC
  • ocm57713367
  • 57713367
  • SCSB-1289206
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library