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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History Author:Elizabeth Kolbert Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. — Elizabeth Kolbert combines brilliant field reporting, the history of ideas and t... more »he work of geologists, botanists and marine biologists to tell the gripping stories of a dozen species -- including the Panamanian golden frog and the Sumatran rhino -- some already gone, others at the point of vanishing. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy and Elizabeth Kolbert's book urgently compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.« less
Jennifer M. (Jenn0) reviewed The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History on
This book is fascinating. It's technically a science book but reads like a novel. The earth is facing a new extinction, probably caused by mankind and we are the ones that will become extinct. Very well written and documented.