Telenothians (2nd edition)
Telenothians: An Inquiry into the Limits of Hybridization (2nd ed.) provides in-depth knowledge about a wide variety of distant hybrid crosses involving either mammals or birds (two volumes; index; hundreds of illustrations, more than a thousand cases covered). A reader's review appears below.
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A Reader's Review (from Google Books):
Anyone with an interest in human history, natural history, science or medicine, upon reading “Telenothians”, with an open mind and sober judgement, will likely question and recast their own particular Weltanschauung to include a new realm of plausible possibilities that they may well have never previously entertained.
The author, Eugene McCarthy, has an undoubtedly extensive and rigorous academic track record in the field of hybridization, as attested to by his earlier book, “Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World”, which has been both lauded and highly recommended by readers, including leading academics, for its remarkable scope, accuracy and unrivalled value as a seminal reference work.
“Telenothians” has, likewise, been carefully and thoroughly compiled. It includes a huge range of well researched references and reports that span the ancient world through to the current day. The author has included appendices of supporting evidence for the accounts as appropriate. The contents include hundreds of examples with detailed descriptions of possible hybrids, together with illustrations and photographs. Many of these are both fascinating and unsettling in equal measure.
There is a telling commonality of particular circumstantial and developmental themes apparent from the descriptions within. Together with the author’s own authoritative comments and references to, for example, modern laboratory genetic research, these appear to chime with the idea of the genesis of both stillborn and viable individuals arising from very distantly related parents. The existence of distant crosses, even interordinal ones, that may, on occasion, survive into adulthood, therefore seems, to my mind, not only completely reasonable but indeed most likely the truth of matters. I strongly urge you to buy this book, read it and decide for yourself. It’s an important book and a very stimulating read!
John Pelter, BSc MSc DIC
Eugene M. McCarthy, a leading authority on hybridization, is the author of Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World (Oxford University Press, 2006). He completed his doctorate in genetics at the University of Georgia, under the supervision of John F. McDonald and National Academy member John C. Avise.
Notice: A list of works cited for Telenothians: An Inquiry into the Limits of Hybridization will soon be published in a separate volume. An online draft of the list can be found here.