Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember

How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

2013 • 305 pages

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In short, [b:Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction 15798335 Scatter, Adapt, and Remember How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction Annalee Newitz https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1344370745s/15798335.jpg 21521261] describes how some species survived the five great extinctions in earth's history, tells how the human race survived choke points, how certain human groups survived hard times, and finally goes on to speculate on how humanity (or at least our decedents) can survive and flourish in the future. The bad news: the universe is a very dangerous place, and there are many ways humanity could become extinct. The good news: we are very good at surviving.

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