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Humanity is the great species killer

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There have been five mass extinction events in the Earth’s history, and a new book makes the case that humans are creating the sixth right now.There have been five mass extinction events in the Earth’s history, and a new book makes the case that humans are creating the sixth right now.

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The Sixth Extinction

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