Extinctions

Extinctions

Living and Dying in the Margin of Error

Hannah, Michael

Cambridge University Press

09/2021

262

Dura

Inglês

9781108843539

15 a 20 dias

520

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Preface; Acknowledgements; Further reading; Introduction; 1. The Anthropocene and the Earth system; 2. A short detour: the fossil record and the geological time scale; 3. The origin of animals and the emergence of the Earth system; 4. Documenting ancient biodiversity; 5. Mass extinctions - the basics; 6. Causes of the End-Permian and End-Cretaceous extinction events; 7. Time heals all - recovering from a mass extinction; 8. The late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions; 9. Surviving the Anthropocene; Further reading; Index.