Beschreibung:
Humans and Hyenas examines the development of the relationship between the two to present an accurate and realistic picture of the hyena and its interaction with people. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the environmental sciences, conservation biology, and wildlife and conservation issues.
Introduction; 1 Dramatis Personae: The spotted, striped and brown hyenas; 2 Humans and hyenas from the Pleistocene to the Holocene; 3 Humans and hyenas in Africa to 1600CE; 4 Humans and hyenas in West, Central and South Asia to 1600CE; 5 Humans and hyenas from 1600CE to the end of the 19th century; 6 Persecution increases under colonial rule; 7 Contemporary Africa, West, Central and South Asia; 8 Myths and representations from early humans to The Lion King