Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction Coming?
Mankind may have unleashed the sixth known mass extinction in Earth's history, according to a paper released by the science journal Nature.
But in the last five centuries, at least 80 out of 5,570 mammal species have bitten the dust, providing a clear warning of the peril to biodiversity.
What these frog scientists might have missed?
Over 400 new mammal species have been named since 1993!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110304...20110304055833
http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzool...al_species.php
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