David Sepkoski (2020): Catastrophic Thinking. Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene. University of Chicago Press: Chicago.
We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded—by scientists, by the media, by popular culture—of the looming threat of mass extinction. We’re told that human activity is currently producing a sixth mass extinction, perhaps of even greater magnitude than the five previous geological catastrophes that drastically altered life on Earth. Indeed, there… Read More David Sepkoski (2020): Catastrophic Thinking. Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene. University of Chicago Press: Chicago.