The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History

Description

Beginnings, it’s stated, are able to be shadowy. So it is with this story,

which begins with the rise of another species possibly 200

thousand years back. The species doesn’t yet have a name—nothing does

— yet it has the ability to name things.

Similarly, as with any youthful species, this present one’s position is tricky. Its

numbers are little, and its range limited to a cut of eastern Africa.

Gradually its populace develops, however conceivably then it contracts once more—

some would guarantee almost lethally—to only a couple thousand sets.

The individuals from the species are not especially quick or solid or

fruitful. They are, in any case, independently ingenious. Bit by bit they push

into locales with various atmospheres, various predators, and unique

prey. None of the typical limitations of living space or geology appear to check

them. They cross streams, levels, mountain ranges. In beachfront areas,

they accumulate shellfish; farther inland, they chase warm-blooded animals.