The diminishing populations of African and Asian elephants
call to mind the extinctions of other elephantlike species, such as
mammoths and mastodons, that occurred more than 10000 years ago.
The purpose of this book is to examine the ecology and behaviour of
modern elephants to create models for reconstructing the lives and
deaths of extinct mammoths and mastodons. The sources for these
models are long-term continuing studies of elephants in Zimbabwe,
Africa. These models are clearly described with respect to the
anatomical, behavioural, and ecological similarities between past
and present proboscideans. The implications of these similarities
for the lives and deaths of mammoths and mastodons are explored in
detail. The importance of this book is primarily its unifying
perspective on living and extinct proboscideans: The fossil record
is as carefully examined as is the natural history of surviving
elephants. Dr Haynes''s studies of the situations in which African
elephants die sometimes in great numbers are unique and can
provide crucial insights into ancient proboscidean bone
collections.
目錄：
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Proboscidean Flesh and Bones
1. Taxonomy: classification of fossil and living forms
2. Physical appearance: mammoths, mastodonts, and modern
elephants
3. A referential model for understanding mammoths and mastodonts:
social structure and habit use by modern elephants
Part II. Actualistic Studies of Proboscidean Mortality
4. Actualistic studies of mass deaths
5. Actualistic studies of mass kills
Part III. The Fossil Record
6. Finding meaning in proboscidean sites: the world fossil
record
7. Extinction in North America at the end of the Pleistocene
Appendix
References
Index
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