Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90% of species that ever existed are now extinct. How did we come to think of ourselves as survivors in a world where species can vanish forever, or as capable of pushing our planet to the verge of a sixth mass extinction?
In this episode, award-winning historian of race, science and empire Professor Sadiah Qureshi discusses her latest book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction.
