The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind - Hardcover

Leakey, Richard; Lewin, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385424973 ISBN 13: 9780385424974

Publisher: Doubleday, 1995

Synopsis

Cites five previous mass extinctions on planet Earth while explaining that the human race may be the first to trigger its own destruction, as well as the destruction of nonhuman species through irresponsible practices. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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d Leakey, One Of The World's Foremost Experts On Man's Evolutionary Past, Now Turns His Eye To The Future And Doesn't Like What He Sees.

To the philosophical the earth is eternal, while the human race -- presumptive keeper of the world's history -- is a mere speck in the rich stream of life. It is known that nothing upon Earth is forever; geography, climate, and plant and animal life are all subject to radical change. On five occasions in the past, catastrophic natural events have caused mass extinctions on Earth. But today humans stand alone, in dubious distinction, among Earth's species: Homo Sapiens possesses the ability to destroy entire species at will, to trigger the sixth extinction in the history of life. In The Sixth Extinction, Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin con

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385424973
• ISBN 13: 9780385424974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271