The anthropology of extinction
Genese Marie Sodikoff · 2012
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"The essays in this collection examine processes of--and our understanding of--extinction across various domains. The contributors argue that extinction events can be catalysts for new cultural, social, environmental, and technological developments--that extinction processes can, paradoxically, be productive as well as destructive. The essays consider a number of widely publicized cases: island species in the Galápagos and Madagascar; the death of Native American languages; ethnic minorities under pressure to assimilate in China; cloning as a form of species regeneration; and the tiny hominid Homo floresiensis fossils ("hobbits") recently identified in Indonesia."--Publisher description.
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 243
- ISBN
- 9780253357137
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