Evolutionary biologists and geologists recognize the "big five" mass extinctions and are actively studying a potential sixth. Which of these describes that potential sixth mass extinction?

a. The extinction that included the dinosaurs

b. The great flood of Noah

c. The current extinctions, caused primarily by human activities

d. The mass extinction that occurred in the Proterozoic, before animal life

e. The end-Carboniferous mass extinction, which affected plants, not animals

The correct answer is option c. The current extinctions, caused primarily by human activities.

Explanation:

The potential sixth mass extinction, also called Holocene extinction investigates the extinction of the current species that occurred from approximately 11,700 B. C to the present because of human activity.

It is established that due to human activities such as indiscriminate hunting, overfishing, overpopulation and pollution of the oceans, many species of plants and animals have ceased to exist and the number is expected to continue increasing.

Because habitats such as jungles or reefs were affected where biodiversity is widely large, the variety of affected plants and animals has been numerous, ranging from mammals and amphibians to birds.

Although there is no complete documentation of the extinct species, it is believed that the number of these extinctions caused by humans is a thousand times greater than that caused by nature.

Many of the large mammals became extinct even when the first humans began to hunt, and it is believed that this activity is one of the main reasons for the extinction of the species.

Many of the animals have also become extinct due to environmental pollution, which is also a product of human activity and pollution.

Therefore, the human being is considered as a global super predator as never before seen.