Scatter adapt and remember how humans will survive a mass extinction by annalee newitz some years ago in preparation for a college semester in costa rica i secured a copy of john lofty wiseman . Start your review of scatter adapt and remember how humans will survive a mass extinction write a review mar 07 2020 trish rated it liked it review of another edition ive thought long and hard about what to say about this book as you can see from my rating i wasnt overly thrilled while the topic is quite fascinating the author brought nothing new to the table then again this . Scatter adapt and remember how humans will survive a mass extinction annalee newitz in its 45 billion year history life on earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times shattered by asteroid impacts entombed in ice smothered by methane and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes. In scatter adapt and remember annalee newitz presents a prophylaxis for the apocalypse washington post an animated and absorbing account into how life has survived mass extinctions so farand what we need to do to make sure humans dont perish in the next one humans may be experts at destroying the planet but we are no . In scatter adapt and remember newitz explores what humankind must do to be among the survivors of the next mass extinction because as she emphasizes there will inevitably be a next time if the current acceleration in species death think honeybees and frogs isnt an early stage of a full blown mass extinction something else really really bad will surely happen sooner or later