Which of the following statements about human-induced extinctions are likely true? (Check all that apply) Because of increasing taxonomic diversity through geologic time, the potential 6th mass extinction could cause a greater number of species to go extinct than early mass extinction events. Human-induced extinction is the result of a number of other factors besides direct predation by humans. Human-induced extinction is primarily a present-day phenomenon. The extinction of megafauna in Africa occurred because these species were naive to predation by humans.
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