Extinctions in the History of Life Taylor Hardback Cambridge University Press

Name: Extinctions in the History of Life Taylor Hardback Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press

Extinctions in the History of Life\nby Paul D. Taylor\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Paul D. Taylor\nTitle: Extinctions in the History of Life\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Evolution\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2004\nISBN-13: 9780521842242\nISBN-10: 0521842247\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nExtinction is the ultimate fate of all biological species - over 99 percent of the species that have ever inhabited the Earth are now extinct. The long fossil record of life provides scientists with crucial information about when species became extinct, which species were most vulnerable to extinction, and what processes may have brought about extinctions in the geological past. Key aspects of extinctions in the history of life are here reviewed by six l.