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About the Course

This course introduces you to the five mass extinctions of the pre-human past, their causes and significance to the history of life on earth, and the current mass extinction happening during our time. We’ll also explore the history of paleontology and geological study and review the key players that influenced the science today. Regardless of your familiarity with the topic, you'll get portable handouts, lively demonstrations, and quizzes that bridge and enhance your knowledge....

Top reviews

RS

Sep 28, 2020

Great course for the non-professional student- keeps the subject matter discussions light and contemporary. Especially loved the idea of ecological proxy, which I had never heard before!

CM

May 24, 2022

Bravo! A fascinating course, thank you. Dr. Martin speaks clearly and informatively with humour and insight. So many interesting subjects covered under the umbrella of "extinctions".

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By Rio A P

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Nov 23, 2020

One of the, if not the best course I've had the pleasure of taking so far here on Coursera. Amazing content and content organization, and Professor Martin is not only an engaging lecturer, but a hilarious speaker too! What would personally make this the /PERFECT/ course would be the inclusion of downloadable course notes, similar to those in University of Alberta's MOOCs. Hope more people would get to experience this really remarkable course!

By Phoebe M

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Jul 14, 2023

I really liked the style and organization of this course, and the content was excellent. And the lecturer was such fun! I love the uniting of deep time history with modern environmental studies, two things that often get segregated from each other. The only drawback I can point to is the peer review project, which depends entirely on someone else's availability in order to finish the course, but my project was reviewed pretty quickly.

By Shiena B

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Aug 19, 2021

Thank you for approving my financial aid for this course Extinctions:Past,Present,and Future.I learnt a lot from this course.All the topics are well explained and the flow of each lessons are organized.I am interested in dinosaurs and fossils and this course really caught my attention.Again,thank you for this wonderful and knowledgeable discussion.

By Christine H

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Sep 27, 2021

Great course, never boring. The lecturer is very engaging. The lectures are very fun to watch. I learned a lot and enjoyed the diverse reading materials.

For the assignment I would suggest to allow for half points (instead of just 0 or 1), in case that some of the issues are addressed, but not all of them.

By Diane A

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Aug 12, 2022

I really liked this course.

I'm very disappointed that i could not submit the final paper and receive a grade because I did not pay for a certificate. If I did the work all the way through the course and took the time and effort to prepare the final assigment I should be allowed to submit it

By Maureen B

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Apr 19, 2021

Fantastic course. Informative, fun - made me wish the course was longer. I didn't love the peer-reviewed aspect of the assignment, but did enjoy getting to actually write an assignment instead of just doing quizzes. I selfishly hope the instructor will offer more courses on Coursera.

By Patricia N

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Apr 8, 2022

very informative and presented in an understandable manner. Professor used a lot of humor. Makes me want to use all the information in my own classes as teacher and have the students think about the future. Thank you for the wonderful lectures !!

By Christine M

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May 25, 2022

Bravo! A fascinating course, thank you. Dr. Martin speaks clearly and informatively with humour and insight. So many interesting subjects covered under the umbrella of "extinctions".

By Steven G D

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Dec 13, 2020

Excellent lecturer and selection of articles. Lecturer was very engaging and clearly is very passionate about the subject of this course.

By Katherine J J

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Jan 31, 2024

Excellent course and entertaining as well. I "finished" this course, but not for credit.

By elodie r

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Oct 19, 2022

Loved it! everybody should do this course to understand what we are living nowadays

By Brandon N

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Nov 1, 2022

Excellent content and delivery within a very condensed course length.

By Robert G C

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Mar 11, 2023

Very Informative and entertaining. I enjoyed the teaching style

By Norm P

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Oct 30, 2022

Terrific! Enlightening! Entertaining!

Thank you so much!

By Bernie L

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Jun 14, 2023

great class, learned alot of new info with the extinctions

By Raul E V

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Aug 21, 2022

very interesting and very good course..congratulations!

By J J

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Sep 14, 2023

A wonderful class with a charming professor.

By ANYHE L B O

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Nov 29, 2020

Amé este curso, muy interesante y completo!

By Jens K T

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Dec 3, 2020

Great course with a very inspiring host.

By Lennart W

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Jan 15, 2021

Very insightful and super cool teacher.

By Jackson H

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Dec 10, 2020

an amazing and interesting course

By Clotilde D

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Feb 3, 2022

Thanks for this great lesson !

By Amelia L S

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Mar 4, 2021

Great course. Highly recommend

By Tracy S

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Nov 23, 2020

Very Interesting course

By Winston A W

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Dec 20, 2020

Excellent, thank you.