cover image The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind

The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind

Richard E. Leakey. Anchor Books, $15.75 (271pp) ISBN 978-0-385-46809-1

Claiming that humanity is on the verge of causing a massive extinction of other species, the authors argue for a drastic change in the ways in which we impact on the environment. (Nov.)