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Relevant: "Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans. But we can turn things around by reducing the amount of land we use for agricultur
by myshpa 4y ago
Relevant:
"Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans. But we can turn things around by reducing the amount of land we use for agriculture."
https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammal-decline https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammal-decline
"Over the last 1.5 million years, the mean mass of hunted mammals decreased by more than 98%. The evidence points toward one main culprit: humans."
https://ourworldindata.org/large-mammals-extinction https://ourworldindata.org/large-mammals-extinction
- biomcgary 4y agoHumans are the primary face of natural selection in the modern world? For mammals, certainly, but probably also for most non-microscopic species.