Originally posted by sonhouseHow successful of an evolutionary strategy is it for a species to grow without restraint, overburden his environment, destroy his ecosystem, and make his planet into an uninhabitable wasteland? We see the same process throughout history on a small scale as various island cultures destroyed their environment, which then caused their population to dramatically crash. Except now that scenario is being enacted on a global scale. It may have given humanity a short term evolutionary advantage, but it will spell his doom in the long run.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120420105539.htm
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Originally posted by rwingetthow silly.......
How successful of an evolutionary strategy is it for a species to grow without restraint, overburden his environment, destroy his ecosystem, and make his planet into an uninhabitable wasteland? We see the same process throughout history on a small scale as various island cultures destroyed their environment, which then caused their population to dramaticall ...[text shortened]... given humanity a short term evolutionary advantage, but it will spell his doom in the long run.
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Originally posted by pete3246I don't think his argument is a bit silly. It has the ring of truth. Time will tell if we think our way out of our present predicament. If we don't think hard about it, we will follow the Neandertals. And it is not just about eating or not eating meat. That is only a minor blip on the destruction and extinctions humankind is causing.
how silly.......
She is careful to emphasize that their results concern human evolution. The research is about how carnivory can have contributed to the human species' spreading on earth and says nothing about what we should or should not eat today in order to have a good diet.
Always worth reading to the end before commenting.
Originally posted by rwingettIt is quite simple, if meat eating has enabled a bigger brain then it may be responsible for getting our species to the next habitable planet, or we could have carried on gullumping about he place until the sun gobbles us up. At least this way we have given the seed of this planet a fighting chance.
Did you look at the article from the OP? At least I glanced at it.
Originally posted by kevcvs57I don't think you're going to have to worry about the sun gobbling you up. We'll do that to ourselves long before then. Your time would be much better spent in keeping this planet habitable.
It is quite simple, if meat eating has enabled a bigger brain then it may be responsible for getting our species to the next habitable planet, or we could have carried on gullumping about he place until the sun gobbles us up. At least this way we have given the seed of this planet a fighting chance.
The idea that we can just find ourselves another planet is an impossible quest. Every technological society will develop the ability to destroy itself long before it develops the ability to engage in space travel. The reason why we ourselves are not visited by spacefaring alien races is that they too will have destroyed themselves before gaining the ability to leave their planet.
Originally posted by rwingettI would rather go out with a man made bang than a slow death by solar, we should pick up our game and take the sun out first, and as a bonus there would be no global warming.
I don't think you're going to have to worry about the sun gobbling you up. We'll do that to ourselves long before then. Your time would be much better spent in keeping this planet habitable.
The idea that we can just find ourselves another planet is an impossible quest. Every technological society will develop the ability to destroy itself long before i ...[text shortened]... hat they too will have destroyed themselves before gaining the ability to leave their planet.
Seriously how can you look at the technological innovations of the last 2 to 300yrs and claim with any certainty that we will not attain interstellar travel before we destroy ourselves rwingett the negative.
