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In humanity’s more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? What can we do to change the current trajectory toward more climate change, increased famine, and epidemic disease? Renowned Stanford scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich believe that intelligently addressing those questions depends on a clear understanding of how we evolved and how and why we’re changing the planet in ways that darken our descendants’ future.

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This sparkling book is a great guide to what''s essential about humans, the world, and how they affect each other. Along the way, you''ll pick up delicious tidbits such as what Mussolini''s basic problem was, and why we are so sure that tiny sequoia seeds grow into 300-foot sequoia trees even though no one has ever seen it happen. <br> <br> <br>--Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography at UCLA and author of prize-winning books such as Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel

Buy this for your next seminar class.... or be inspired and make an undergraduate course out of it...Yes, you''ve read some of this before, but not all of it, and not told so well, or with such passion and humor. -- Stuart Pimm Trends in Ecology and Evolution

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Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. He is the author of Human Natures, The Population Bomb, and many other books. Anne H. Ehrlich is affiliated with Stanford's Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Conservation Biology, and has coauthored more than ten books with her husband, including One with Nineveh.

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