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Homo sapiens

Homo sapiens
In this rendition of the fossil record for the human family, the known duration of each species is represented by the shadows cast by the figures. The exact relationship between extinct hominid species is a matter of interpretation, and their placement here is not meant to suggest a particular phylogeny. (Design and Graphic by Douglas Beckner. After Richard Hay, Geology of Olduvai Gorge, UC Press, 1976)
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 Dinesh
Dinesh club
Following the five great extinction episodes of geological history, full recovery of biodiversity required between 10 ant 100 million years. Even if Homo sapiens last that long, the recovery would require returning a large part of the land to its natural state. By appropriating or otherwise disturbing 90 percent of the land surface, humanity has already closed most of the theaters of natural evolution. And even if we did that much and waited that long, the new biota would be very different from the one we destroyed. ~ Page 477
4 years ago. Edited 20 months ago.
 Dinesh
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History is typically the story of victors over vanquished and pre-history is no different. Because, out of the kaleidoscope of prehistoric humans, only we have made it today, we have readily assumed the monopoly over the story; as survivors we seem to have chosen to portray ourselves in the role of victors and reduced the rest to the portray ourselves in the role of of victors and reduced the rest to the lower echelons of vanquished. To accept our existence as the product of chance requires a large dose of humility. Until now, we have instead preferred the self-centered course that highlights the supposed superiority of our immediate ancestors, like prehistoric conquistadors, over the rest. . . . . Page 105 (From : Humand who Went Extinct Author Clive Finlayson)
17 months ago.

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