Twilight Of The Mammoths Analysis

Paul.S.Martin Twilight of the mammoths - Summary & Critique Extinction is defined as “species that are no longer existing”, and has been a problem since the beginning of time. It is said that extinction started when humans came into the equation, it isn’t unknown of the ecological situation that humans have put on our planet as it is extremely complicated. Besides, their are many common problems and stipulations about global warming and climate change that is heard about on a regular basis, consequently there are also other major problems to the globe that fall into the category of species extinction. Somehow, humanity is responsible to stop the process of extinction due to the reasoning that, we humans are said to be causing it directly, and at an alarming pace. One person that extracts the importance of species extinction is an author named Paul.S.Martin, in his book called “Twilight of the Mammoths”. Simply put, he strongly …show more content…
Later in his article we figure out that there is no concrete evidence showing that human hunting is the cause of animal extinction, showing to his readers that his view is just an opinion which doesn't have to be taken seriously. He continues to defend the point by saying that there is no concrete evidence that shows sudden catastrophe, which leads to animals being extinct gradually. This notion supports the hunting cause and explanation. Not only is this a contradiction since he wants us to support his thesis of human beings being the cause of extinction, consequently he shares that there is no proof that human hunting caused animal extinction so extinction might not be caused by us. This shows that his argument is less professional and the author loses some credibility since he is not fixated on one point of view and is being