This book investigates how animal extinctions and introductions have fundamentally reshaped British society, culture, diet, lifestyles, and landscapes since the last Ice Age. Drawing on new research from archaeology, ecology, and history, the author examines the profound and lasting impacts of these faunal changes. It explores how the disappearance of some species and the arrival of others have altered human development and the very fabric of the British environment over millennia.

The book is positioned as a scholarly examination of ecological and historical shifts in Britain. Its interdisciplinary approach, drawing from archaeology, ecology, and history, suggests a text aimed at readers interested in the deep environmental and societal transformations of the region. The focus on extinctions and introductions points to a narrative that likely details significant ecological events and their cascading effects on human civilization.