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Dance of the Dung Beetles : Their Role in Our Changing World.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (200 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781776142361
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dance of the Dung BeetlesLOC classification:
  • QL596.S3 B97 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: When the dung beetle wore golden shoes -- Chapter Two: Crawling out of the darkness -- Chapter Three: Joining the dots -- Chapter Four: Colonising insects -- Chapter Five: Of elephants and dung beetles -- Chapter Six: Tribes with human attributes -- Chapter Seven: Design construction first -- Conclusion: 'What a wonderful world' -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Scientific endeavour and social history meet in this fascinating account on the humble dung beetle. Covering a sweeping history of over 3 000 years and with more than 6 000 species found across the world, this magical and industrious creature has occupied pivotal roles in our society: from Egyptian gods to ecological warriors.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: When the dung beetle wore golden shoes -- Chapter Two: Crawling out of the darkness -- Chapter Three: Joining the dots -- Chapter Four: Colonising insects -- Chapter Five: Of elephants and dung beetles -- Chapter Six: Tribes with human attributes -- Chapter Seven: Design construction first -- Conclusion: 'What a wonderful world' -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Scientific endeavour and social history meet in this fascinating account on the humble dung beetle. Covering a sweeping history of over 3 000 years and with more than 6 000 species found across the world, this magical and industrious creature has occupied pivotal roles in our society: from Egyptian gods to ecological warriors.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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