Wednesday, June 21st, 2023

2023/073: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction and the Beginning of Our World — Riley Black
My goal is to offer an ecological, fleshed-out view of these organisms and their biology during a time of terrible stress, and I’ve done my best to envision these species as living organisms rather than permineralized, distorted fossils. That’s the goal of paleontology, after all—to start with the offerings of death and work back toward life. [p. 15]

Excellent and very readable science writing, focussing on the asteroid impact that marked the end of the Cretaceous period and 'the worst single day in the history of life on Earth'Read more... )

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