More than 99% of all life that has ever existed on this planet is extinct. Moreover, human acceleration of the extinction of species has created a crisis in biodiversity. How can the history of past life be retreived? How does this history bear on our understanding of the organization and evolution of present-day species? These questions are addressed in extinction and phylogeny.
Book Details
- Country: US
- Published: 1992
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Language: English
- Pages: 253
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