Word: extinctionism
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What occurred some 200,000 years later, when Homo sapiens first met their Neanderthal cousins--the only other hominid species that hadn't dwindled into extinction--is a matter of much speculation, scientific and otherwise. Our species would end up the only one left standing, but whatever happened to the...
To safeguard his Amazonian domain of woodlands, rivers and lakes, Davi has learned to master the world of airports and international assemblies as skillfully as he roams his spirit realm of giant anacondas. When Davi, in his 40s, speaks about the plight of the estimated 22,000 Yanomamis left alive...
As Americans bask by the ocean this summer, they might consider the latest candidate for extinction: the beach beneath them. Dean exhaustively documents the ways in which coastal development threatens the very amenity that has caused a trillion-dollar land rush to the shores since World War II. Seawalls, jetties...
It seems undeniable that only Harvard undergraduates, absolutely certain of the common knowledge of their species-specific traits (an irrepressible diligence so extreme and potentially psychologically hazardous that the Harvard environmental protection agency must be constantly aware of the threat of extinction to their genius), would righteously crave the wisdom...
POCKET CHANGE The Susan B. Anthony coin failed miserably in its mission to drive the dollar bill to extinction. But it has found a niche in recent years at stamp and vending machines and rail stations--so useful that the U.S. Mint has finally depleted reserves of the coin minted...