Elisabeth Kolbert’s book ”The sixth extinction” is about loss. Loss of species through catastrophic events that have occurred since complex life forms emerged. The latest catastrophic event to cause the extinction of animals and the plants they depend on is the evolution of humans – and it is going on as we speak. Each chapter deals with the extinction, or near extinction, of one species. Species from ammonites to mastodons have been the victims of catastrophic events, be that a meteorite or other, invasive species […]