Kolbert emphasizes the development of our understanding of evolution and human-caused extinction. This chapter introduces Charles Darwin and how his ideas developed out of those of Charles Lyell. This led to the extinction of this animal, even though there were attempts at protection. They used it for food, oil, and used the feathers too. This chapter discusses how settlers in Iceland exploited an ancient penguin-like bird, the great auk. This chapter also includes Thomas Jefferson (p. Using the example of the now-extinct mastodon, this chapter discusses the idea of catastrophes as a variable in the process of extinction, as discovered by Georges Cuvier. Using frogs and fungi, this chapter discusses how humans may have introduced an invasive species into Panama and caused the extinction rate of the frogs to increase.
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