Nature 304, 396 - 397 (04 August 1983); doi:10.1038/304396a0

Evolutionary biology: Extinctions, catastrophic and gradual

Jared M. Diamond

Professor of Physiology at University of California Medical School, Los Angeles, California 90024.

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