The End of Evolution: On mass extinctions and the preservation of biodiversity
by Ward, Peter
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
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About This Item
New York, Toronto: Bantam Books. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Pp xviii, 302. Index. Illustrated. Tightly bound copy, with single line marginalia scattered throughout text. Abstract: Peter Ward, on a journey that traverses continents and travels into the past, searches for the clues to these disastrous events. His reason is urgent and chilling, for Ward and many other prominent scientists have documented signs that a third mass extinction has already begun on our planet. Could its primary cause reach back just 100,000 years, when the earth felt the impact of another wandering, potentially destructive force, a new 'asteroid' called Homo sapiens?" "Ward's journey progresses from fossil hunting in Africa to following a dinosaur trail in Hell Creek, Montana, and finally to climbing high in the remote Caucasus Mountains of Soviet Georgia to see if its thick white limestone holds evidence of a long-ago planetary destruction. At each stop along the way, Ward documents the rich diversity of life now endangered by changes in climate and the world's burgeoning population." ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9891
- Title
- The End of Evolution: On mass extinctions and the preservation of biodiversity
- Author
- Ward, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Extinction (Biology), Biodiversity
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Sciences: Physical and Life; Ecology & Conservation;
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