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palaeontologists

these ancient Buddhist artworks rank among the world’s most important cultural treasures

When this book and its companion volume Image of the People: Gustave Courbet and the 1848 Revolution appeared in 1973

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When Life Nearly Died author-robert-vale landscapes and cityscapesIt is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less well known is a much greater catastrophe that took place 250 million years ago: at least 90 per cent of life was destroyed, including sabre toothed reptiles and their rhinoceros sized prey, as well as vast numbers of fish and other species in the sea. This book documents not only what happened during