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Nuclear war is an often-predicted cause of the extinction of humankind. [1]Human extinction is the hypothetical end of the human species, either by population decline due to extraneous natural causes, such as an asteroid impact or large-scale volcanism, or via anthropogenic destruction (self-extinction), for example by sub-replacement fertility.
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT[ A ]) is an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction in order to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind. VHEMT supports human extinction primarily because it would prevent environmental degradation. The group states that a decrease in the human ...
Doomed to Extinction split 7-inch w/ Extinction of Mankind (1994, Ecocentric Records) Hail to Sweden 7-inch (1995, Pandora's Box) Pissed Robbed & Twatted – Live in Slovenia 7-inch (1996, Nuclear Sun Punk) Monarchy Zoo 7-inch/CD EP (1996, Vinyl Japan) split 10-inch w/ Cress (1998, Flat Earth) Consumed to Death (2015, Black Cloud)
In Our Final Hour, Rees explores various risks of human extinction and their likelihood, notably those caused by the unchecked consequences of new technologies (such as nanotechnology or machine superintelligence), uncontrolled scientific experimentation, terrorist or fundamentalist violence, or destruction of the biosphere. [4]
After Man was at the time of its release portrayed in reviews as a book about the extinction of mankind, though Dixon has stated that mankind's end was simply an excuse to discuss evolution, humanity having very little do with the "plot" of the book. [2] Following its success, the book has been translated into a number of different languages. [5]
Salvage ethnography is the recording of the practices and folklore of cultures threatened with extinction, including as a result of modernization and assimilation. It is generally associated with the American anthropologist Franz Boas [citation needed]; he and his students aimed to record vanishing Native American cultures. [ 1 ]
Singer Gruff Rhys has variously described the track as being about the extinction of mankind and as "a romantic song about growing old". [2] [3] Critical reaction to the track was generally mixed with some reviewers claiming the track compares unfavourably with the band's previous work while others were enthusiastic in their praise.
The timeline of human evolution outlines the major events in the evolutionary lineage of the modern human species, Homo sapiens, throughout the history of life, beginning some 4 billion years ago down to recent evolution within H. sapiens during and since the Last Glacial Period. It includes brief explanations of the various taxonomic ranks in ...