They better understand the process of speciation, adaptation, and extinction. |
As for biodiversity, the most important species threatened with extinction today is the human race. |
The causes of its extinction remain unclear, but it is likely that rats, weasels, and cats played a role in its demise. |
These whales have been hunted to near extinction, and only about 2,500 exist today. |
Shown in cave paintings in France and Spain, these were a favourite quarry of Palaeolithic hunters, and were eventually hunted to extinction. |
For too long we have regarded the extinction of Neanderthals as a chance historical accident. |