The Worst of Times: How Life on Earth Survived Eighty Million Years of Extinctions

by Paul B. Wignall

Book Overview

Unraveling the mystery of the catastrophic age of extinctions

Two hundred sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst wiping out nearly every species on the planet. The Worst of Times delves into the mystery behind these extinctions and sheds light on the fateful role the primeval supercontinent, known as Pangea, might have played in causing these global catastrophes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691142092
• ISBN13: 9780691142098
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"