Re: Extinction (was Jurassic Intelligence)

[Peter Sheehan <sheehan@csd.uwm.edu>]

On Mon, 15 May 1995, Stan Friesen wrote:

> 
>  From: Peter Sheehan <sheehan@csd.uwm.edu>
>  > Dave Jablonski's work has clearly shown the the most important factor 
> during 
>  > the various extinction events has been wide geographic distribution.  
>  > e.g. Science 253:754-757.  Certainly was true for brachiopods during the 
>  > Late Ordovician extinction.
>  > 
> Well then, we should be sitting pretty - no animal I know if in the
> history of the Earth has had such a wide geographic distribution.
> Even most of our domestic animals fail to match our range: I think
> only the dog and *maybe* the cat are found *everywhere* humans are.
> 

Sounds good to me.  Last December Dale Russell and I actually took a shot at 
what would happen to humans if a K/T sized impact happened today.  We would
love to hear your comments.

Sheehan, P.M. and Russell, D.A. 1994, Faunal change following the K-T 
impact:  Using paleontological data to assess the hazards of impacts.  
In: T. Gherels, Editor.  Hazards Due to Comets and Asteroids.  Tucson, 
AZ, Univ. Arizona Press, p. 879-893.



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