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When Life Nearly Died The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

Popular Science
By: Michael J Benton(Author)
352 pages, 48 b/w illustrations
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
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Some 250 million years ago, 90% of life on earth was wiped out. It was the greatest mass extinction ever. What caused this catastrophe?
When Life Nearly Died
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In this revised and expanded edition of a classic account, Michael J. Benton assesses the competing claims for a meteorite impact or a volcanic eruption in Siberia and brings the story thoroughly up to date.

Hundreds of geologists and palaeontologists have been investigating all aspects of this astonishing event, conducting fieldwork around the world, especially in South China and Russia. New details allow us to demonstrate the close tie between the acid rain crisis on land and the anoxia in the oceans. Importantly, our view of the timing of the crisis has advanced enormously, with not only far greater precision in dating, but also the demonstration that there were two peaks of extinction, and then repeated crises for 5 million years afterwards.

A great deal of new research has focused also on the slow recovery of life to a more normal state. New sections explore how the great Mesozoic sea dragons became established at the tops of the marine food pyramids, and how, unexpectedly, the crisis set in motion one of the greatest events in palaeontological history: the origin of the dinosaurs.

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Biography

Michael J. Benton is Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Bristol. He researches the end-Permian mass extinction in Russia and China, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His books include standard reference works and textbooks as well as popular books about dinosaurs and the history of life.

Popular Science
By: Michael J Benton(Author)
352 pages, 48 b/w illustrations
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
NHBS
Some 250 million years ago, 90% of life on earth was wiped out. It was the greatest mass extinction ever. What caused this catastrophe?
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"A superb book that tells a gripping tale [...] a dénouement worthy of Hercule Poirot"
The Times Higher Education Supplement

"'Brings to Earth Science a sense of adventure. A wonderfully good read"
– James Lovelock

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