Extinction : bad genes or bad luck? / David M. Raup.

A look at how and why some species die out, with an emphasis on the extinction resistance of others. Though the Alvarez theory, that the demise of the dinosaurs may have been affected by a fall of meteors, is still scientifically suspect, Raup (statistical paleontology, U. of Chicago) figures he may...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Raup, David M. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [1991]
Subjects:	Extinction (Biology)