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The Decline And Fall Of The Human Empire: Why Our Species Is On The Edge Of Extinction
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By The AwardWinning Author Of A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth: A History Of Humanity On The Brink Of Decline.We Are Living Through A Period That Is Unique In Human History. For The First Time In More Than Ten Thousand Years, The Rate Of Human Population Growth Is Slowing Down. In The Middle Of This Century Population Growth Will Stop, And The Number Of People On Earth Will Start To Decline Fast.In This Provocative Book, AwardWinning Science Writer Henry Gee Offers A Concise, BrilliantlyTold History Of Our SpeciesAnd Argues That We Are On A Rapid, OneWay Trip To Extinction. The Decline And Fall Of The Human Empire Narrates The Dramatic Rise Of Humanity. The Human Story Is Relatively BriefThe Oldest Fossils Of H. Sapiens Date To Approximately 300,000 Years AgoYet The Spread Of Our Species Has Been UnstoppableUntil Recently.As Gee Demonstrates, Our Environment Is Becoming Inimical To Human Life In Many Locations; Our Core Resources Of Water, Arable Land, And Air Are Diminishing; And New Diseases, Simmering Conflicts, And Ambiguous Technologies Threaten Our Collective Health. Can We Still Change Our Course? Or Is Our Own Extinction Inevitable?With Assured Narration, Dramatic Stories, And His Signature Sprightly Humor, Henry Gee Envisions New Opportunities For The Future Of HumanityA Future That Will Reward Facing Challenges With Ingenuity, Foresight, And Cooperation.
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