An interesting new concept has emerged in discussion of extinctions, extinct species, and human engagement with the biosphere. This is the concept of a "societal extinction" (loss from collective human attention and concern) that is associated with a species' biological extinction in various...
This study seems to be the first to yield evidence for the idea that humanity's ancestors (i.e., hominins) contributed to animal species' extinctions, too. Researchers theorize that hominins began with "kleptoparasitism" (stealing predators' kills) before developing the tools and techniques to...
We have threads about mass extinctions (overall) and how a future mass extinction might affect humans.
We have a thread about voluntary human extinction (either literally or merely in terms of radical de-population)...
Taken from AOL news (No link, sorry, members only access.)
DINOSAUR EXTINCTION THEORY BLOWN APART
NEW dinosaur discoveries have blown apart the theory that the reptiles died out as the result of a giant meteorite striking Earth.
Scientists had thought a single impact off the coast of...
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