Extinction and Phylogeny

By Michael J. Novacek, Quentin D. Wheeler

Extinction and Phylogeny
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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.

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