Dan Flores

But that was kind of my own attempt to do something about the Native American story that I didn't see anybody else really making a stab at trying to interpret, probably because it's too daunting.

But that was kind of my own attempt to do something about the Native American story that I didn't see anybody else really making a stab at trying to interpret, probably because it's too daunting.

Yeah, one extinction in that time.

Yeah, one extinction in that time.

Yeah, one extinction in that time.

Yes, and a real ripper. There's no question about it. I mean, one piece I read in the National Academy of Sciences from about 2019 argued that we have sacrificed in the last 500 years about a half a million years of evolved genetics. Mm-hmm. on planet Earth as a consequence of all the destruction that we've made to creatures around the world.

Yes, and a real ripper. There's no question about it. I mean, one piece I read in the National Academy of Sciences from about 2019 argued that we have sacrificed in the last 500 years about a half a million years of evolved genetics. Mm-hmm. on planet Earth as a consequence of all the destruction that we've made to creatures around the world.

Yes, and a real ripper. There's no question about it. I mean, one piece I read in the National Academy of Sciences from about 2019 argued that we have sacrificed in the last 500 years about a half a million years of evolved genetics. Mm-hmm. on planet Earth as a consequence of all the destruction that we've made to creatures around the world.

And most of the animals that have disappeared have been really charismatic and very common, like passenger pigeons. Passenger pigeons survived in North America for 15 million years, and they couldn't last 300 years after we got here. So there's certainly been that.

And most of the animals that have disappeared have been really charismatic and very common, like passenger pigeons. Passenger pigeons survived in North America for 15 million years, and they couldn't last 300 years after we got here. So there's certainly been that.

And most of the animals that have disappeared have been really charismatic and very common, like passenger pigeons. Passenger pigeons survived in North America for 15 million years, and they couldn't last 300 years after we got here. So there's certainly been that.

And then there's that 10,000-year period we were just talking about where I could find evidence for only one extinction, and that was a flightless sea duck on the Pacific coast. But then, of course, there's the period before that, the Pleistocene, where, if anything, the destruction was even on more massive a scale.

And then there's that 10,000-year period we were just talking about where I could find evidence for only one extinction, and that was a flightless sea duck on the Pacific coast. But then, of course, there's the period before that, the Pleistocene, where, if anything, the destruction was even on more massive a scale.

And then there's that 10,000-year period we were just talking about where I could find evidence for only one extinction, and that was a flightless sea duck on the Pacific coast. But then, of course, there's the period before that, the Pleistocene, where, if anything, the destruction was even on more massive a scale.

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And in that instance, not only do we sacrifice an enormous amount of biological diversity and genetics, evolved genetics, but it was the genetics of most of the really large and impressive animals of the globe. and so it's a that's a story in other words that doesn't have it doesn't travel just in one direction it's as if humans realizing

And in that instance, not only do we sacrifice an enormous amount of biological diversity and genetics, evolved genetics, but it was the genetics of most of the really large and impressive animals of the globe. and so it's a that's a story in other words that doesn't have it doesn't travel just in one direction it's as if humans realizing

And in that instance, not only do we sacrifice an enormous amount of biological diversity and genetics, evolved genetics, but it was the genetics of most of the really large and impressive animals of the globe. and so it's a that's a story in other words that doesn't have it doesn't travel just in one direction it's as if humans realizing