Five mass extinctions are documented in earths
‘S history. The sixth, The Holocene Extinction, is underway right now. The current rate of extinction of species is estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than previous eras. This is primarily due to human influences dominating nearly every food chain, although climate change is thought to have killed off megafauna like the wooly mammoth.
So, question: should humans be concerned?
‘S history. The sixth, The Holocene Extinction, is underway right now. The current rate of extinction of species is estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than previous eras. This is primarily due to human influences dominating nearly every food chain, although climate change is thought to have killed off megafauna like the wooly mammoth.
So, question: should humans be concerned?