The Sixth Extinction: Biodiversity and its Survival

Abstract

Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin are recognized authors in the field of natural history and palaeontology. Leakey was for many years Director of the National Museums of Kenya and, until recently, Director of the Kenya Wildlife Service. It was in this role that he probably became most famous when he instigated the burning of twentyfive hundred gasoline soaked elephant tusks, to advertise the plight of the endangered African Elephant. Roger Lewin is an Associate of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University.