Nature of extinction

[Kenelm Philip]

	The Pleistocene overkill hypothesis is also discussed in some
detail in two of Tim Flannery's books: The Future Eaters, and The Eternal
Frontier--ecological histories of Australasia and North America, respect-
ively. And Quammen's The Song of the Dodo documents in some detail the
arguments for human-caused extinctions in many oceanic islands. "There
ain't no more Moa in old Aotearoa", as the song goes...

	Yes, this idea is not accepted by everyone. But neither are its
alternatives, I gather.

							Ken Philip




 
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