Iraq, 14.1, 14.2
iridium anomaly
Irish Potato Famine (Black ’47), 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
ISEC (International Space Elevator Consortium), nts.1 n –90 n
Israel, northern kingdom of, 10.1, 10.2, nts.1 n
Israelites, 10.1, 10.2
Iverson, Richard, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Jacobs, Jane
Jacob’s Legacy (Goldstein),
Jakubowski, Marcin, nts.1 n
Japan, 15.1, 15.2, 17.1
Jemison, Mae, 23.1, 23.2
Jenkins, Dennis
Jerusalem, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Jewish HapMap Project
Jews, 10.1, 21.1
ancient Roman, 10.1, 10.2, 17.1, 17.2
Babylonian exile of, 10.1, 10.2
God of
matriliny of
Passover story of, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
persecution of, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5
population genetics of, 10.1, nts.1 n
Portuguese
proselytizing by, 10.1, 10.2
underground cities created by, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
Jones, David S.
Jones, Matt
Judah, kingdom of, 10.1, 10.2
Jurassic Period, 4.1, 4.2
Kaliampakos, Dmitris
Keith, David
Keller, Gerta
Kelton, Paul
Kent, Susan
kinetic impactor
Kirschvink, Joe, 1.1, 1.2
Klein, Richard, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Kleinboehl, Armin, 23.1, nts.1 n
Koerth-Baker, Maggie
Kolbert, Elizabeth
Kostof, Spiro, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1
Krakatoa eruption, 19.1, 19.2
Kruger, Tim
Kurzweil, Ray
Lahn, Bruce
landslides, 15.1, 15.2
LaserMotive
Laubscher, Bryan
Layzer, Judith, 18.1, 18.2
Leakey, Richard, itr.1, nts.1 n
Leiber, Fritz, 14.1, nts.1 n
Lilith’s Brood (Butler), 13.1, 13.2
Lo, Cynthia, 11.1, 11.2
Lofstrom, Keith
Lystrosaurus, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1
McAuley, Paul
McElwain, Jennifer
MacKay, David
McKibben, Bill, 1.1, 19.1
McNally, Amy
magnesium silicate
Mainzer, Amy
Malthus, Thomas
Mann, Charles, 8.1, nts.1 n
Mao Zedong, 9.1, 9.2
Marcu, Oana
Mars, 13.1, 20.1, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.2
Marshall, Charles, 1.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1
Martian Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), 23.1, nts.1 n
Maryland, Health and Hygiene Department of
mass extinctions:
causes of, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
defining, 1.1, 2.1
periodicity of
potential responses to
rate of
sixth, itr.1, 5.1, nts.1 n
Mating Mind, The (Miller),
Matrajt, Laura
Max Planck Institute, 6.1, 7.1
Medea Hypothesis, The (Ward),
megafauna extinctions, itr.1, 5.1
megavolcanoes, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, 2.1, 3.1, 17.1, 19.1, nts.1 n
CAMP
in India
Permian, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1
Toba, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Melott, Adrian
Mesopotamia
meteorite impacts, 4.1, 17.1
see also asteroid impacts
methane clathrates
methane ecosystem
Mexico, 8.1, 14.1
gray whale migrations to, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
Middle Ages, 8.1, 8.2, 14.1, nts.1 n
Milky Way galaxy, 2.1, 22.1
Miller, Geoffrey
Miocene Epoch
mitochondria
mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial Eve, 7.1, 7.2
Montréal, “RÉSO” in, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Moon, 1.1, 13.1, 19.1, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1, 23.2
Moon Express, 21.1, 21.2
Moses
Moss, Robert
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML)
mud slides, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
multiregionalism
Musk, Elon, 21.1, 21.2
nanotubes, 21.1, 21.2
NASA, itr.1, 21.1, 23.1, nts.1 n –91 n
Deep Impact mission of
space elevator and, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4
Spaceguard program of, 20.1, 20.2
Space Shuttle of, 21.1, 21.2
WISE satellite of, 20.1, 20.2
Native Americans, 5.1, 8.1
Nature, 1.1, 5.1, 5.2
Neanderthals, see H. neanderthalensis
Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon
Neilan, Brett
NEOCam space telescope, 20.1, 20.2
Neolithic Revolution
NEOs (near-Earth objects), 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, nts.1 n
New York City, 14.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
nitrogen fixation
noise pollution, 12.1, nts.1 n –81 n
NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), 17.1, 17.2, nts.1 n
nuclear radiation, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 20.1, nts.1 n
nuclear winter, 17.1, 20.1, nts.1 n
O, The Oprah Magazine,
Occupy movement
ocean acidification, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
ocean anoxic dead zones, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 20.1
ocean fertilization
ocean subduction
Ó Gráda, Cormac
Older Dryas ice age
100 Year Starship project, 23.1, 23.2
Ordovician Period, itr.1, 2.1, 3.1, 17.1, 19.1
extinction of
icehouse state of
Oregon, 5.1, 15.1, 15.2
Oregon State University, itr.1, 15.1, 15.2, nts.1 n
organelles, 1.1, 11.1
Ostrer, Harry, 10.1, 10.2, nts.1 n
Oxford Martin School
Future of Humanity Institute of
oxygen, 2.1, 11.1, 19.1
depletion of, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 20.1
Oxygen Apocalypse, itr.1, 1.1
Pääbo, Svante, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
Paisley Caves
Pakrasi, Himadri, 11.1, 11.2
pandemics, itr.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 22.1
American colonial, 8.1, 13.1
death tolls of, 8.1, 8.2, 16.1, 16.2
quarantining in, 8.1, 8.2, 16.1, 16.2
smallpox, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
social effects of, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
stages of
see also Black Death; epidemic modeling; influenza pandemics; plagues
Pangaea supercontinent, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1
Parable of the Talents (Butler),
Paradise Built in Hell, A (Solnit),
Passover story, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Payne, Jonathan, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
peasants, 8.1, 9.1, 14.1
Peasants’ Revolt, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 9.1
Pepys, Samuel, 8.1, 8.2
perchlorates, 21.1, nts.1 n
periurban agriculture
Permian Period, itr.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1
ecosystems of
icehouse state of, 3.1, 4.1
survivors of, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1
Perryman, Wayne
Peru, 14.1, 14.2
Incan empire of, 8.1, 8.2, nts.1 n
PHOs (potentially hazardous objects), 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, nts.1 n
photosynthesis, 1.1, 4.1, 11.1
as future energy source
global algae economy based on
Photosynthetic Antenna Project, 11.1, 18.1
Pinderhughes, Raquel
Pizarro, Francisco
placoderms
plagues, 7.1, 8.1, 16.1
biblical
bubonic, see Black Death
see also pandemics
plant cells, 11.1, nts.1 n –79 n
polypropylene
Pompeii
population genetics, 6.1, 7.1
Jewish, 10.1, nts.1 n
see also bottlenecks, genetic; evolution, human
population size
actual vs. effective, 6.1, 6.2, nts.1 n
of gray whales, 12.1, 12.2, nts.1 n
inbreeding and
of Ireland
Neanderthal, 7.1, 7.2
reduction of, 14.1, nts.1 n –82 n
Poverty and Famines (Sen),
Prehistoric Art (White),
Proterozoic Eon
proto-cells
quarantining, 8.1, 8.2, 16.1, 16.2
Quaternary Period
Quiet War, The (McAuley),
quipu, 8.1, nts.1 n
radiation bombardments, 17.1, 17.2, 22.1, 23.1, nts.1 n
cosmic, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, itr.4, 2.1, 17.1
highly ionizing particles in
nuclear, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 20.1, nts.1 n
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