![]() In gearing the story of life towards the presumed interests of a broad audience, we are often delivered stories that narrowly hit the pop culture favorites (dinosaurs, and a select few at that) while tying well-intentioned calls to action over human-driven climate change with the only known mass extinction that was entirely driven by non-organismal factors. ![]() Time between the end-Cretaceous extinction and the modern day is likewise flattened for the purpose of linking the fragility of modern life to the unimaginable disaster that upended the reign of dinosaurs. ![]() The Triassic itself is often treated as a prologue of the Jurassic, and the Jurassic as a stepping stone to the Cretaceous. Oftentimes, the pre-dinosaur portion (the majority of Earth's history, by far) is rushed hurriedly told, or skipped over entirely in favor of starting with the very end of the Triassic. It's generally told in three acts: before dinosaurs, dinosaurs, and after dinosaurs. If you're here, there's a good chance you already know the broad strokes of Earth's history. ![]() One of the most common requests on this subreddit are for book suggestions, so I thought I'd provide a quick review of one I recently finished and enjoyed, titled Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds. ![]()
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