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A Goodreads user asked this question about The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History:
Was anyone else amazed that Darwin's theories of evolution as a gradual process have now been clouded by research about when/why/where extinctions occur?
Sir Readalot Darwin's theories have not been clouded as you suggest. The extinction that might occur as a result of direct competition between two similar species,…moreDarwin's theories have not been clouded as you suggest. The extinction that might occur as a result of direct competition between two similar species, which in effect is the type of extinction contained within Darwin's theories, is completely distinct from mass extinctions such as that at the end of the Cretaceous or the Permian. Or in other words, the meteor that did away with the dinosaurs has nothing at all to do with Darwin's theories. (less)
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The Sixth Extinction
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