The idea that humans must live within the natural environmental limits of our planet denies the realities of our entire history. It is ahistorical and unscientific. Humans transform ecosystems to sustain ourselves. This is what we do and have always done. Our planet’s human-carrying capacity emerges from the capabilities of our social systems and our technologies more than from any environmental limits. The conditions that sustain humanity are not natural and never have been.
This has been confirmed by recent research. The impact of humans on nature has been far greater and longer-lasting than we could ever imagine, according to scientists.
Co-researcher Alexandre Antonelli of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, said the view that our ancestors had little impact on the animals around them is incorrect, as "the impact of our lineage on nature has been far greater and longer-lasting than we ever could ever imagine".
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51068816
This has been confirmed by recent research. The impact of humans on nature has been far greater and longer-lasting than we could ever imagine, according to scientists.
We are now negatively impacting the world and the species that live in it more than ever before. But this does not mean that we used to live in true harmony with nature in the past," said study researcher, Dr Søren Faurby of the University of Gothenburg. "We are extremely successful in monopolising resources today, and our results show that this may have also been the case with our ancestors."
Co-researcher Alexandre Antonelli of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, said the view that our ancestors had little impact on the animals around them is incorrect, as "the impact of our lineage on nature has been far greater and longer-lasting than we ever could ever imagine".
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51068816
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