Ants, Indians, and Little Dinosaurs: A Celebration of Man & Nature for the 75th Anniversary of Natural History Magazine

by Alan Ternes (Editor)

Selected from Natural History and Edited by Alan Ternes.

Genres: History, Nature, Science, Nonfiction

386 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Alice Harbin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although this book has an original copywrit of 1911(!), I found it to be a very interesting and entertaining book. Published by the American Natural History museum, it takes you on forty different trips with four themes: Fauna and a Stone Age Friend; Fossils, Famous and Obscure; Natives and Naivete, and Floods, Famine and the Future.
It really is still very much applicable to today's people, animals, land, sea, and the future of all. Besides that it is full of interesting facts, ideas, and humor. What more can a reader want?

[Lizzy Elliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

First half was great, second half less so.

[Robert Frecer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A refreshing collection of essays on seagull behavior, time perception in bees, and bushmen interpreting Hamlet according to their tribal customs, among others.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this in a bin of free books outside a used book store. It was apparently given to subscribers of Natural History magazine on its 75th anniversary, and contains articles from 1911 to 1975 that originally appeared in the magazine. Some of the information is very outdated. The articles on Peking Man and Java Man were written before it was found that they are both the same creature, Homo Erectus (or Homo Ergaster), and even question if it's a human at all, or some other form of ape. The article by Theodore Roosevelt on hunting the White Rhinoceros was somewhat sad, considering the species has recently been declared extinct. The many articles on the environment and overpopulation were prescient, however. Overall, I would recommend this to anyone interested in nature and science.

[Grace Best-Page · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's hard to know how to rate this, since it's a book of essays by different authors, some of which were interesting, some made me mad at the cruetly of scientists to animals, some were amazing and enlightening, and one or two were very open to criticism. An intersting read, all in all, and good for educational discussion and further research.

[Gerald Hickman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the journal with many articles from Natural History for a period of years. Several are excellent and most are good to great.
A very enjoyable read. But it on your mesa de noche and enjoy a chapter now and then.

[Heloise_xcu on Storygraph · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far so good! Animal anecdotes showing how smart they are kinda rule.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this for my subscription to Natural history magazine in 1975.