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 Extinct? Lol no.

The American cockroach, the Norway rat and Homo aSapiens will survive anything this side of Sol leaving the main sequence. Even ourselves. 

(Numbers may take a hit from time to time.)

Industrial civilisation, now... that thing is fragile as cheap Chinese porcelain in a room full of fighting monkeys. 
 I hope you are right 
 Generalists survive rapid ecological change better than specialists. We three invasive species are generalists, opportunistic, and occupy a wide variety of biomes. We also CAUSE rapid ecological change that we then adapt to, quicker than older inhabitants.

Our survival may not be a good thing from other species PoV...