The Chimpanzees Who Would Be Ants: The Evolutionary Epic of Humanity
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Who are we? How did we come to be? What is our fate? These have always been our ultimate questions. Genet provides up-to-date scientific answers. Our nearest relatives, the chimpanzees, provide a biological baseline for pre-civilized humanity, while the highly organized ants - especially those involved in herding and farming - give a point of departure for civilized humanity. How did a few chimpanzees in East Africa become the most widespread large mammal on the planet? Drawing from the latest findings in anthropology, archeology, and history, Genet charts the evolutionary development and sudden rise to dominance of the planet's only primarily cultural species and their machine partners. Our future? Genet details four possibilities: (1) Grossly overextended and still accelerating, we will soon crash head on into the brick wall of planetary finiteness. (2) Although experiencing a few minor adjustments as the planet transits from the genetic to the cultural era, we (or our robotic "mind children") will eventually dominate the galaxy. (3) By limiting our population to only twenty billion, we will continue as biological superstars -- sustainable hogs with a record-breaking, single-species share of the planetary pie. (4) Realizing that ant-like togetherness isn't our thing, we will chimpishly rebel against being mere stepping stones to robots. Should we return to the Garden of Eden, we'll never forget what almost happened to the chimpanzees who would be ants.
The Chimpanzees Who Would Be Ants: The Evolutionary Epic of Humanity,Russell M. Genet,Nova Science Publishers,1560725222,Evolution (Biology),Life (Biology),Life Sciences - Evolution,Philosophy,Science,Science/Mathematics,Social evolution
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