Description

Hunting The Ancestral Elephant In The Fayum Desert (1907) is a non-fiction book written by Henry Fairfield Osborn. The book is an account of Osborn's expedition to the Fayum Desert in Egypt, where he and his team searched for the remains of the ancestral elephant. Osborn was a renowned paleontologist and the president of the American Museum of Natural History at the time of his expedition. He was fascinated by the evolution of elephants and believed that the Fayum Desert held vital clues to their ancestry.In the book, Osborn describes his journey through the desert, the challenges he faced, and the discoveries he made. He discusses the geological formations of the region, the fossils he found, and the significance of his findings. The book also includes detailed illustrations and photographs of the fossils and the landscape, providing a vivid picture of Osborn's expedition.Overall, Hunting The Ancestral Elephant In The Fayum Desert is a fascinating account of a pioneering scientific expedition and an important contribution to the study of paleontology.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.