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Rebecca Woods is a historian focusing on science, environment, and animals, primarily in the 19th century. Her research explores the complex cultural histories of diverse animals, ranging from extinct woolly mammoths to imperial sheep and cattle, which are central to scientific thought, technological change, and the ecologies of both real and imagined environments. Woods authored the book 'Herds Shot Round the World: Native Breeds of the British Empire, 1800-1900' (UNC Press, 2017), which examines how breeds of sheep and cattle circulated and were altered under imperial conditions in the 19th century. Her current research investigates the history of frozen mammoths and how individual animals have shaped and contributed to environmental and paleontological thought in the late 18th century. Notably, mammoths are rare scientific specimens that have re-emerged due to contemporary global warming, providing insights into the Pleistocene megafauna found in Siberian and North American permafrost, and serve as indicators of a warming planet.
Department of Sociology