Humans are driving the loss of entire branches of the 'Tree of Life,' according to a new study published on Monday which warns of the threat of a sixth mass extinction.
Scientists warn that entire genera are being driven to extinction by human activities including overfishing.
"The extinction crisis is as bad as the climate change crisis. It is not recognized," said Gerardo Ceballos, professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and co-author of the study published in"What is at stake is the future of mankind," he told AFP. In the classification of living beings, the genus lies between the rank of species and that of family. For example, dogs are a species belonging to the genus canis—itself in the canid family.
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