Michael Benton is professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology and head of the world-leading Palaeobiology Research Group at the University of Bristol. He has written more than fifty books, including Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World, The Dinosaurs Rediscovered and When Life Nearly Died, all published by Thames & Hudson. He was awarded an OBE for services to Palaeontology and community engagement and regularly appears in the media to discuss dinosaurs and understanding the history of life.

'If you want to know how extinctions happen and how the fossil record is relevant to understanding our current biodiversity crisis, read this delightful book about death and the resilience of life!' - Steve Brusatte

• Preface Part 1. The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction 1. The First Animals and First Mass Extinctions 2. The Cambrian Explosion 3. The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction Part 2. The Late Devonian Mass Extinctions 4. The Devonian Crisis 5. Impacts of Global Warming Part 3. The End-Permian Mass Extinction 6. The Greatest Crisis of All Time 7. Triassic Recovery Part 4. The End-Triassic Mass Extinction 8. The Carnian Pluvial Event and Origin of the Dinosaurs 9. The End-Triassic Extinction 10. The Universal Hyperthermal Crisis Model Part 5. The End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction 11. The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution12. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 13. Recovery and Building of Modern Ecosystems Part 6. The Anthropocene 14. The End of the Ice Age 15. The Industrial Age

Michael Benton is professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology and head of the world-leading Palaeobiology Research Group at the University of Bristol. He has written more than fifty books, including Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World, The Dinosaurs Rediscovered and When Life Nearly Died, all published by Thames & Hudson. He was awarded an OBE for services to Palaeontology and community engagement and regularly appears in the media to discuss dinosaurs and understanding the history of life.

'If you want to know how extinctions happen and how the fossil record is relevant to understanding our current biodiversity crisis, read this delightful book about death and the resilience of life!' - Steve Brusatte

• Preface Part 1. The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction 1. The First Animals and First Mass Extinctions 2. The Cambrian Explosion 3. The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction Part 2. The Late Devonian Mass Extinctions 4. The Devonian Crisis 5. Impacts of Global Warming Part 3. The End-Permian Mass Extinction 6. The Greatest Crisis of All Time 7. Triassic Recovery Part 4. The End-Triassic Mass Extinction 8. The Carnian Pluvial Event and Origin of the Dinosaurs 9. The End-Triassic Extinction 10. The Universal Hyperthermal Crisis Model Part 5. The End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction 11. The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution12. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 13. Recovery and Building of Modern Ecosystems Part 6. The Anthropocene 14. The End of the Ice Age 15. The Industrial Age

Michael Benton is professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology and head of the world-leading Palaeobiology Research Group at the University of Bristol. He has written more than fifty books, including Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World, The Dinosaurs Rediscovered and When Life Nearly Died, all published by Thames & Hudson. He was awarded an OBE for services to Palaeontology and community engagement and regularly appears in the media to discuss dinosaurs and understanding the history of life.

'If you want to know how extinctions happen and how the fossil record is relevant to understanding our current biodiversity crisis, read this delightful book about death and the resilience of life!' - Steve Brusatte

• Preface Part 1. The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction 1. The First Animals and First Mass Extinctions 2. The Cambrian Explosion 3. The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction Part 2. The Late Devonian Mass Extinctions 4. The Devonian Crisis 5. Impacts of Global Warming Part 3. The End-Permian Mass Extinction 6. The Greatest Crisis of All Time 7. Triassic Recovery Part 4. The End-Triassic Mass Extinction 8. The Carnian Pluvial Event and Origin of the Dinosaurs 9. The End-Triassic Extinction 10. The Universal Hyperthermal Crisis Model Part 5. The End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction 11. The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution12. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 13. Recovery and Building of Modern Ecosystems Part 6. The Anthropocene 14. The End of the Ice Age 15. The Industrial Age