| ▲ | michael1999 4 hours ago | |||||||
Every ecosystem on the planet besides recent settlements like Hawaii or Antarctica are co-evolved with human beings. "Pristine wildness" is almost always a myth. | ||||||||
| ▲ | aaron425 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
That’s a strong assertion. It was less of a myth 200 years ago (prior to the Industrial Revolution) and even less of one further back. People may have generally existed in these regions, but the scope of ecological impact & evolutionary pressure is more recent. | ||||||||
| ▲ | ctkhn an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
That's not totally true. The way we have lived since the 1950s has made a lot of difference. Even where people have lived for a long time, highways and major roads since 1950 in terms of danger are a step change (or two) compared to earlier roads and have essentially walled off areas from wildlife traveling between them. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | mschuster91 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
> "Pristine wildness" is almost always a myth. Which is half true, half not. If you re-introduce certain keystone species, the rest follows automatically - the most well-known and well-studied example being the wolf in Yellowstone [1]. [1] https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife/wolf-r... | ||||||||
| ▲ | freecodeio 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
what? | ||||||||