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The Miner's Canary: Unraveling the Mysteries of Extinction

The Miner's Canary: Unraveling the Mysteries of Extinction

Eldredge, Niles

Paperback

Series: Princeton Science Library, Book 13

Environmental StudiesEvolution

ISBN10: 0691036551
ISBN13: 9780691036557
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Jul 3 1994
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.48 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Like the bird whose death signaled dangerous conditions in a mine, the demise of animals that once flourished should give humans pause. How is our fate linked to the earth's creatures, and the cycle of flourishing and extinction? Which are the simple workings of nature's order, and which are omens of ecological disaster? Does human activity accelerate extinction? What really causes it? In an illuminating and elegantly written account of the widespread reduction of the world's wildlife, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge poses these questions and examines humankind's role in the larger life cycles of the earth, composing a provocative general theory of extinction.

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