Extinctions: Past, Present, & Future
Completed by Sergio Pissavini
December 5, 2025
16 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Summarize extinctions as an important part of the history of life.
Identify the probable causes of mass extinctions in the geologic past (before humans).
Compare and contrast the Big Five mass extinctions with human-influenced extinctions.
Evaluate historical lessons and current trends to predict and prevent extinctions of the future.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Biology
- Category: World History
- Category: Timelines
- Category: Life Sciences
- Category: Physical Science
- Category: Environmental Issue
- Category: Natural Resource Management
- Category: Environment
- Category: Environmental Resource Management
- Category: Environmental Science
- Category: Ancient History
