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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankExtinctionsintheHistoryofLifeExtinctionistheultimatefateofallbiologicalspecies--over99percentofthespeciesthathaveeverinhabitedtheEartharenowextinct.Thelongfossilrecordoflifeprovidesscientistswithcrucialinformationaboutwhenspec
2、iesbecameextinct,whichspeciesweremostvulnerabletoextinctionandwhatprocessesmayhavebroughtaboutextinctionsinthegeologicalpast.Keyaspectsofextinctionsinthehistoryoflifeareherereviewedbysixleadingpalaeontologists,providingasourcetextforgeologyandbiologyunderg
3、raduatesaswellasmoreadvancedscholars.Topicalissuessuchasthecausesofmassextinctionsandhowanimalandplantlifehasrecoveredfromthesecataclysmiceventsthathaveshapedbiologicalevolutionaredealtwith.Thishelpsustoviewthecurrentbiodiversitycrisisinabroadercontext,and
4、showshowlarge-scaleextinctionshavehadprofoundandlong-lastingeffectsontheEarth’sbiosphere.PAULTAYLORisformerHeadofInvertebratesandPlantsatTheNaturalHistoryMuseum,London.HisresearchonbryozoanshasbeenacknowledgedwiththePaleontologicalSociety’sGoldenTrilobiteA
5、ward(1993),andaDistinguishedScientistsAwardfromUCLA(2002).Hehaseditedorcoeditedthreebooks:MajorEvolutionaryRadiations(withG.P.Larwood;1990.ClarendonPress,Oxford),BiologyandPalaeobiologyofBryozoans(withP.J.HaywardandJ.S.Ryland;1995.Olsen&Olsen,Fredensborg),
6、andFieldGeologyoftheBritishJurassic(1995.GeologicalSocietyofLondon).HeisalsotheauthoroftheDorlingKindersleyEyewitnessbookFossil(1990),andhaspublishedmorethan150scientificarticles.ExtinctionsintheHistoryofLifeEditedbypauld.taylorDepartmentofPalaeontologyTheN
7、aturalHistoryMuseumLondon,UKCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambri
8、dge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521842242©CambridgeUniversityPress2004Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,norep
