Extinctions in Near Time
Subtitle: Causes, Contexts, and Consequences (Advances in Vertebrate Paleobiology)
Contributors: Ross D.E. MacPhee (Editor); Hans-Dieter Sues (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780306460920
Subjects: Evolution; Paleobiology (General); Physical Anthropology; Social Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Evolution; Paleontology; Science / Biology; Anthropology - Physical; Congresses; Extinction (Biology); Fossil hominids; Human evolution; Paleobiology
First sentence: Mass extinctions are real events that have had a profound effect on the course of biological evolutionary history.