Summary of the book "The Great Extinctions" by Lee Jongmo: "The Great Extinctions" is a book that changes the understanding of the history of the Earth. Instead of abstract facts, she introduces more than 20 biological species whose influence on the planet turned out to be key: from killer whales and Neanderthals to corals and trilobites. The story begins in the year 2150, where artificial intelligence and Martian robots investigate the causes of the death of humanity in the year 2100. From here we are transported to the past. Killer whales talk about modern life on Earth and global climate change. The last Neanderthals tell the story of their disappearance 40,000 years ago. The Great White shark, the only one to survive the four great extinctions, shares a 400 million-year-old survival secret. And finally, the Moon and the World Ocean testify to the epic story of the origin of the Earth and Life.