Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck? by David M. Raup [Paperback]

Description: In the geological record, there are five major mass extinctions the "Big Five." The most famous happened at the end of the Cretaceous Period, when the dinosaurs and two-thirds of all marine animal species were wiped out, opening the door for the age of mammals and the rise of Homo Sapiens. Using this example as a springboard, David M. Raup leaps into an egaging discussion of the theories, assumptions, and difficulties associated with the science of species extinction. Woven is along the way are stories of the trilobite eye, tropical reefs, flying reptiles, and the fate of the heath hen on Martha's Vineyard, a very modern extinction. David M. Raup is the Sewell Avery Distinguished Service Professor and a statistical paleontologist at the University of Chicago.

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Book Title: Extinction : Bad Genes or Bad Luck?

Number of Pages: 230 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

Topic: Life Sciences / Microbiology, Life Sciences / Biology

Publication Year: 1992

Item Height: 0.1 in

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Genre: Science

Item Weight: 10.2 Oz

Author: David M. Raup

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Format: Trade Paperback