The Last Days of the Dinosaurs An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter. In the terrible mass extinction that followed, more than half of known species vanish seemingly overnight. But this worst single day in the history of life of Earth was as critical for us as it was for the dinosaurs, as it allowed for evolutionary opportunities that were closed for the previous 100 million years. In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries and the million years after the impact. Life's losses were sharp and deeply felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now.

ISBN:	9780750999526
Publisher:	The History Press
Imprint:	The History Press
Published date:	26 Apr 2022
DEWEY:	567.9
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xiii, 287
Weight:	450g
Height:	147mm
Width:	222mm
Spine width:	32mm

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