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Quote by: Uncle Rhynchus  Interesting topic. Ecologists argue that we're in the midst of another mass extinction, but it's primarily our fault. I tend to agree (being one myself). The vast majority of extinctions we've caused and are currently causing is due to habitat destruction.
Will it be our demise? I don't think so. I do think at some point there will be some kind of major event that will severely reduce our population, but I doubt that we'll end up extinct any time soon. |
And, we can always take comfort in the fact that even if we managed to wipe out all the more complex animals including ourselves, life would prevail and evolve.
Some years ago I was working in the Peruvian Altiplano. There the people carried on what amounted to subsistence agriculture. I doubt that there's much we civilized people could do to impact on their lives very much.