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48 pages
colour illustrations, maps.
Contents: Extinction is forever -- What is extinction -- Extinction and evolution -- Why does it happen? -- How do we know? -- Not quite extinct -- Beliefs and ideas -- Long, long ago -- Mass extinctions -- The biggest of all -- Ages of ice -- Keeping a record -- Gathering pace -- Too many to disappear -- Island extinctions -- What's happening today? -- On the brink -- Saved just in time -- Should we care? -- Gone forever? -- Looking to the future.
Summary: Since life on Earth began, animals and plants have died out, never to exist again. Exactly 100 facts will help you explore the reasons for extinction and how new life evolves. Find out why the dinosaurs disappeared and humans became so successful, learn about individual creatures that have died out, and discover which animals living today could be gone tomorrow.
100 facts.