The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind Tapa blanda - 1996
de Richard E. Leakey; Contribution by Roger Lewin
Written by the world's foremost paleoanthropologist and former head of Kenya's wildlife preservation program and an award-winning science writer, The Sixth Extinction shows readers that, for the sixth time in history, the Earth is on the verge of a mass extinction--unless humankind mends its destructive ways. 18 photos. 20 line drawings.
Primera línea
NO ONE WAS MORE SURPRISED than I was when, one April afternoon in 1989, a colleague burst into my office at the museum, in Nairobi, and exclaimed excitedly, "Congratulations!"
Descripción de la solapa
"Richard 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 consider how the grand sprawl of human life is inexorably wreaking havoc around the world. The authors of "Origins and "Origins Reconsidered, unimpeachable authorities on the human fossil record, turn their attention to the most uncharted anthropological territory of all: the future, and man's role in defining it. According to Leakey and Lewin, man and his surrounding species are end products of history and chance. Now, however, humans have the unique opportunity to recognize their influence on the global ecosystem, and consciously steer the outcome in order to avoid triggering an unimaginable upheaval.
"From the Hardcover edition.
Detalles
- Título The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind
- Autor Richard E. Leakey; Contribution by Roger Lewin
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición Reprint
- Páginas 271
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Anchor Books, New York
- Fecha de publicación October 1, 1996
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780385468091 / 0385468091
- Peso 0.47 libras (0.21 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.24 x 4.97 x 0.61 pulgadas (20.93 x 12.62 x 1.55 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Evolution (Biology), Nature - Effect of human beings on
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 95018286
- Dewey Decimal Code 304.2
Reseñas en medios
Citas
- New York Times, 11/10/1996, Page 68
- Publishers Weekly, 10/07/1996, Page 0
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