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Why have elephants―and our preconceptions about them―been central to so much of human thought? From prehistoric cave drawings in Europe and ancient rock art in Africa and India to burning pyres of confiscated tusks, our thoughts about elephants tell a story of human history. In Elephant Trails , Nigel Rothfels argues that, over millennia, we have made elephants into both monsters and miracles as ways to understand them but also as ways to understand ourselves. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including municipal documents, zoo records, museum collections, and encounters with people who have lived with elephants, Rothfels seeks out the origins of our contemporary ideas about an animal that has been central to so much of human thought. He explains how notions that have been associated with elephants for centuries―that they are exceptionally wise, deeply emotional, and have a special understanding of death; that they never forget, are beloved of the gods, and suffer unusually in captivity; and even that they are afraid of mice―all tell part of the story of these amazing beings. Exploring the history of a skull in a museum, a photograph of an elephant walking through the America

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Author

Nigel Rothfels

Publisher

Maryland : Johns Hopkins university press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421442594

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Agriculture, Nature, Science