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An interesting book on the Permian extinction
October 25, 2007 by Fred Bortz, 2 years 4 weeks ago
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Science blog readers might be interested in my review of Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago by Douglas H. Erwin (Princeton University Press, 2006).
At the very least, you'll get a chuckle in Erwin's discussion of Lazarus taxa and Elvis taxa.
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