Extinction 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
leading palaeontologists, providing a source text for geology and
biology undergraduates as well as more advanced scholars. Topical
issues such as the causes of mass extinctions and how animal and
plant life has recovered from these cataclysmic events that have
shaped biological evolution are dealt with. This helps us to view
the biodiversity crisis in a broader context, and shows how
large-scale extinctions have had profound and long-lasting effects
on the Earth's biosphere.
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