Extinctions: Past, Present, & Future
Completed by Lennart Paul Wittstock
January 15, 2021
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: Life Sciences
- Category: Timelines
- Category: Physical Science
- Category: Environment
- Category: Biology
- Category: World History
- Category: Environmental Resource Management
- Category: Ancient History
- Category: Natural Resource Management
- Category: Environmental Science
- Category: Environmental Issue
