Most current signs point to the hypothesis that humans are now and have been for thousands of years driving a major extinction event. Even disregarding the impa

Most current signs point to the hypothesis that humans are now and have been for thousands of years driving a major extinction event. Even disregarding the impacts of climate change, humans are far from reaching the crest of their impact on the biosphere. With climate change accounted for, the impact of our actions today will be compounded into the future. Life, if it survives us will likely be pushed through another very narrow gap as it has at least 5 other times in the past. In the very very long run, life may be able to rediversify but, even if we significantly decrease our impact through extreme modification of our behavior or through incredible leaps in technology, we have already been a calamity for life on this planet. The biosphere would take tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of years to recover.