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SUMMARY:10/22 @ 6
DESCRIPTION:Oct 22nd 2026 Events @ Labyrinth Books Kyle Harper discusses 
 his latest book The Last Animal: Human History and the Fate of Life on E
 arth from the Ice Age to the Sixth Extinction explores the impact of hum
 ans on animal life. Humans are a force of nature like no other animal on
  the planet. For thousands of years\, we have radically altered the dest
 iny of other species. Today\, we do so at such an accelerating rate that
  it is widely proposed that we live on the brink of a Sixth Extinction\,
  comparable to the most destructive moments in the fossil record. The La
 st Animal provides the first historical account of humanity’s impact on 
 animal biodiversity\, taking readers from the megafaunal extinctions of 
 the Ice Age to the planetwide perils of the present. In a masterful blen
 d of global history with the latest discoveries in ecology\, evolution\,
  and Earth system science\, Kyle Harper casts the Sixth Extinction in a 
 new light. He meticulously documents the long history of human-driven bi
 odiversity loss\, insisting that both species extinctions and ecosystem 
 simplification are essential to measuring humanity’s impact\, which is m
 ore profound than recognized. The Last Animal reenvisions the human stor
 y by highlighting a wondrous range of extinct creatures and the webs of 
 life they inhabited. Set against a backdrop of migrations and empires\, 
 wars and revolutions\, and the inexorable march of technological progres
 s\, Harper’s epic narrative demonstrates how our ability to manipulate n
 ature is a fundamental yet increasingly dangerous element of our success
 . Putting the grand sweep of world history into geological perspective\,
  Harper argues that the long view is essential to confronting the urgent
  challenges we face. A startling account of how much biodiversity has al
 ready been lost\, The Last Animal is also a poignant call to protect wha
 t remains. Kyle Harper is the G. T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the H
 istory of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma and Fractal Faculty at t
 he Santa Fe Institute. His previous works include Plagues upon the Earth
  and The Fate of Rome. Presented in partnership with the Princeton Publi
 c Library\, Princeton University Press\, Princeton Environmental Film Fe
 stival\, and Labyrinth Books.\n\nMore info: https://www.labyrinthbooks.c
 om/events/2026/harper/\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/a37634bb-e46
 8-42c1-8a9b-7970dff29e9f
LOCATION:Bridges Book Center\, 1480 Main Street\, Rahway\, NJ 07065
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/a37634bb-e468-42c1-8a9b-7970dff29e9
 f
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