{"product_id":"the-end-of-evolution-on-mass-extinctions-and-the-preservation-of-biodiversity-peter-ward-first-edition-first-printing-1994","title":"The End of Evolution: On Mass Extinctions and the Preservation of Biodiversity — Peter Ward, First Edition, First Printing (1994)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst-edition, first-printing copy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of paleontologist Peter Ward’s influential 1994 examination of mass extinction, evolutionary history, and the accelerating modern loss of biodiversity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe End of Evolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ward looks backward through hundreds of millions of years of life on Earth to ask a distinctly contemporary question: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eare human activities helping create another great mass extinction?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Drawing on paleontology, ecology, geology, and his own fieldwork, Ward compares modern biological losses with the immense extinction events that transformed life at the ends of the Permian and Cretaceous periods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book moves between fossil sites and modern ecosystems—from South Africa’s Karoo Basin and dinosaur-bearing rocks in Montana to Hawaii, Madagascar, the Columbia River, and the Philippine Sea—to show how extinction can restructure entire ecosystems and redirect the subsequent course of evolution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1994\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the book is historically significant as an early popular-science treatment connecting the geological record of mass extinction directly with the modern biodiversity crisis. Ward wrote at a time when concepts now commonly discussed under the heading of a human-driven \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003esixth mass extinction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e were only beginning to enter broader public discussion. He argued that habitat destruction, population growth, climate change, deforestation, and other human pressures could produce biological losses comparable in significance to the great extinction events preserved in the fossil record.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContemporary reviewers noted the unusual breadth of the book. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e praised Ward’s clear presentation of complex paleontological ideas, while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e highlighted his use of deep-time extinction as a framework for understanding humanity’s impact on modern ecosystems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWard would go on to become one of the more prominent public voices in paleontology and astrobiology, later coauthoring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRare Earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and writing extensively on mass extinctions, the evolution of life, and planetary habitability. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe End of Evolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e represents an early stage in that body of work, when extinction biology and biodiversity conservation were becoming increasingly intertwined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Peter Ward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Bantam Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e July 1994\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e First Edition, First Printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover with original dust jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 301\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 0-553-08812-2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 978-0-553-08812-0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Vintage hardcover with original illustrated dust jacket. 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