Description
| Product ID: | 9780500291931 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | When Life Nearly Died |
| Subtitle: | The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time |
| Authors: | Author: Michael J. Benton |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Popular science, Popular science, Evolution, Natural disasters, Evolution, Natural disasters |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The greatest mass extinction in Earths history happened some 251 million years ago. In this cataclysm at least 90 per cent of life was killed, both on land and in the sea, almost bringing evolution to a halt. What caused destruction on such an unimaginable scale? Was it the impact of a huge meteorite, or prolonged volcanic eruption in Siberia? |
| Imprint Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-07-20 |
