Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. 2. Crises in the History of Life 5
5. 3. The Ice Age and the Megafauna 12
6. 4. Cold Case: The Search for the Ice Age Killer 19
7. 5. Northern Eurasia: Woolly Rhinos, Cave Bears, and Giant Deer 26
8. 6. North America: Mastodon, Ground Sloths, and Sabertooth Cats 67
9. 7. South America: Ground Sloths and Glyptodonts 113
10. 8. Sahul: Giant Marsupials, a Thunderbird, and a Huge Lizard 142
11. 9. Madagascar: Giant Lemurs, Elephant Birds, and Dwarf Hippos 176
12. 10. New Zealand: Land of the Moa 197
13. 11. Island Megafauna 213
14. 12. Megafaunal Survival: Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia 220
15. 13. Summary and Conclusions: The Global Pattern of Megafaunal Extinctions 227
16. Acknowledgments 237
17. Appendix: Dating the Past 239
18. Notes 245
19. References 263
20. Index 297