The Fate of Life on Earth: An Evening with Kyle Harper
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One of 231 upcoming events at Full Circle Bookstore, and 371 across Oklahoma City.
Join us to celebrate the latest from rockstar academic Kyle Harper from the University of Oklahoma! His latest book is The Last Animal: Human History and the Fate of Life on Earth. About The Last Animal: Humans are a force of nature like no other animal on the planet. For thousands of years, we have radically altered the destiny of other species. Today, we do so at such an accelerating rate that it is widely proposed we live on the brink of a Sixth Extinction, comparable to the most destructive moments in the fossil record. Putting the grand sweep of world history into geological perspective, The Last 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. About Kyle Harper: Kyle is an American historian and classicist who specializes in ancient history, particularly that of ancient Rome. He is a professor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma, and holds the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty. He was provost of OU from 2014 to 2020.
