Description
| Product ID: | 9780750999526 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Last Days of the Dinosaurs |
| Subtitle: | An Asteroid, Extinction and the Beginning of Our World |
| Authors: | Author: Riley Black |
| Subjects: | Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Endangered species and extinction of species, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Dinosaurs and the prehistoric world: general interest, Archaeology, Prehistoric archaeology, Endangered species & extinction of species, Natural history, Dinosaurs & the prehistoric world |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A fascinating exploration of the world’s worst mass extinction – and how it shaped all subsequent life on our planet Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter. In the terrible mass extinction that followed, more than half of known species vanish seemingly overnight. But this worst single day in the history of life of Earth was as critical for us as it was for the dinosaurs, as it allowed for evolutionary opportunities that were closed for the previous 100 million years. In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries and the million years after the impact. Life’s losses were sharp and deeply felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-04-26 |
