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How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago - Updated Edition
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Description

Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95 percent of all living species died out--a global catastrophe far greater than the dinosaurs' demise 185 million years later. How this happened remains a mystery. But there are many competing theories. Some blame huge volcanic eruptions that cover

Author Biography:

Douglas H. Erwin is senior scientist and curator in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. He began researching the end-Permian mass extinction in the early 1980s and has traveled many times to China, South Africa, and Europe seeking its causes.
Release date NZ
March 22nd, 2015
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Preface by Douglas H. Erwin
Edition
Revised edition
Illustrations
32 halftones. 32 line illus.
Pages
320
Dimensions
140x216x20
ISBN-13
9780691165653
Product ID
22969548

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