TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts, Patrick
TI  - JUNGLE : : How Tropical Forests Shaped World History and Us
SN  - 9780241990780
U1  - 577.34 
PY  - 0000///Dublin
CY  - 2021
PB  - Penguin
KW  - Forest
KW  - Tropical forest
KW  - Jungle Ecology
KW  - Rain forests
KW  - Rain forests History
N1  - Jungle tells the remarkable story of the world's tropical forests, from the arrival of the first plants millions of years ago to the role of tropical forests in the evolution of the world's atmosphere, the dinosaurs, the first mammals and even our own species and ancestors.

Highlighting provocative new evidence garnered from cutting-edge research, Dr Roberts shows, for example, that our view of humans as 'savannah specialists' is wildly wrong, and that the 'Anthropocene' began not with the Industrial Revolution, but potentially as early as 6,000 years ago in the tropics.

We see that the relationship between humankind and 'jungles' is deep-rooted, that we are all connected to their destruction, and that we must all act to save them. Urgent, clear-sighted and original, Jungle challenges the way we think about the world - and ourselves
ER  -