This is the first major book to present a comprehensive overview of the current state of extinction studies. At the end of the journey, Raup has put forward the best science of the day to answer the question posed by the title: Bad genes or bad luck?
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David M. Raup is the Sewell Avery Distinguished Service Professor and a statistical paleontologist at the University of Chicago.
Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. The geologic record gives evidence of five major extinctions, the last being at the end of the Cretaceous Period. David Raup uses the last extinction as a springboard for discussing the theories, assumptions and difficulties in extinction studies.Source Notes at end of each chapter, Index. Published @ $14.95. Seller Inventory # 015714
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