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Chasing the ghost bear : on the trail of America's lost super beast / Mike Stark.

Author/creator Stark, Mike (Journalist) author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Description227 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Part 1. The beast is here: Into the dark ; Skull ; A family of bears ; Bone trove ; Inside ; Into the Pleistocene ; Bears in proximity ; Bears are everywhere -- Part 2. Goo: La Brea ; Hiding in the muck ; Teeth and bones ; A surge of discovery -- Part 3. Bones: What happened in Fulton County ; Real monsters ; A Hoosier’s search ; Dispossessed -- Part 4. North and South: Fitful arrivals ; Imagining Arcturus ; The great and far north ; Lubbock ; Ancient hunters -- Part 5. Last stand: Endings ; What happened? ; De-extinction.
Abstract "Chasing the Ghost Bear explores modern research into one of the legendary but overlooked extinct mammals from the Pleistocene epoch, the short-faced bear. Mammoths and sabertoothed cats receive most of the popular attention, but these wide-ranging bears may have ruled the West prior to the Ice Age extinctions that left grizzlies and bison as the largest mammals of the American West"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2021040673
ISBN9781496229021 paperback
ISBN1496229029 paperback
ISBNelectronic publication
ISBNelectronic book

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