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Extinction
Extinction
Author: Steven M. Stanley
Since the rise of multicellular life on earth, a handful of mysterious cataclysms has swept our plane t-geologically brief outbreaks of mass extinction that have eliminated tens of thousands of thriving species. In 'Extinction', distinguished paleobiologist Steven M. Stanley presents an authoritative analysis of these dramatic global disasters, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780716750147
ISBN-10: 0716750147
Publication Date: 8/1987
Pages: 242
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Publisher: Scientific American Library
Book Type: Hardcover
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A very good book. I've read several and they come down to meteors . He goes into details of most all major extinction events and find that climate change vulcanism, and many other factors and down plays the meteors. really worth reading


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