Crónicas de la extinción

La vida y la muerte de las especies animales

Héctor T. Arita

• Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9786071646125
• Topic: Ciencias biológicas
• Subtopic: Evolución

Estas Crónicas de la extinción relatan la extinción de diversas especies animales. Comienzan con la historia de las tortugas de las islas Galápagos, y continúan en los episodios II y III con el recuento histórico de la manera en que la ciencia comprobó a través del registro fósil la extinción de las especies. La llamada extinción de los dinosaurios se detalla en el episodio IV; mientras que los capítulos V y VI narran las extinciones de la llamada megafauna de la Era de Hielo y la de los parientes extintos del ser humano. En el capítulo VII se abordan las historias de extinción de algunas especies contemporáneas al hombre, y finalmente, en los episodios VIII y IX, se aborda la manera en la que la ciencia enfrenta el problema de las extinciones modernas.

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