When the Invasion of Land Failed: The Legacy of the Devonian Extinctions

by George R. McGhee

Book Overview

The invasion of land by ocean-dwelling plants and animals was one of the most revolutionary events in the evolution of life on Earth, yet the animal invasion almost failed--twice--because of the twin mass extinctions of the Late Devonian Epoch. Some 359 to 375 million years ago, these catastrophic events dealt our ancestors a blow that almost drove them back into the sea. If those extinctions had been just a bit more severe, spiders and insects--instead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231160577
• ISBN13: 9780231160575
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"