Haunting Historical Photo Reveals Humanity’s Deadly Footprint
Men standing on a massive pile of buffalo skulls, Michigan Carbon Works, Rougeville MI, 1892. (Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library)Human activity has driven unprecedented species extinction, but history offers earlier examples of ecological devastation. The 19th-century extermination of North America's bison is a stark case of human impact, captured in a haunting photograph of...