Essays on Extinction

Dinosaurs are a kind of ancient reptile that lived in this universe about 245 million years ago. Some of the birds that are dinosaurs are modern birds; this is attributed to the fact that they have the same ancestor as the non-avian dinosaurs. Non-avian dinosaurs, which are now extinct, ranged…

1. John McWhorter, a well know linguist, disagrees with most anthropologists regarding the link between language and culture loss. He argues that the loss of a language does NOT equate with the loss of a culture. He presents his views in: http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/cosmopolitan-tongue-universality-english What arguments does he put forward in support…

The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is about to get extinct and this is due to a number of reasons. Firstly, all the changes happening to the environment such as temperature affect the amount of prey in the water and makes them disperse to other locations (Bearzi, 2003). Because of this,…