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minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s an interesting mass extinction event, too. Have we ever seen one species balloon to such predominance? Humans are like 80% of mammalian biomass on the planet. Definite loss of biodiversity. I wonder if it’s a loss of biomass too.
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHard to beat the dominance of archosaurs on Earth for about 180 mio years. Humans are a blink of an eye compared to that.
minus-squareEssentialCoffee@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAs long as we don’t kill off the bunch beetles, we’ll be okay.
It’s an interesting mass extinction event, too. Have we ever seen one species balloon to such predominance? Humans are like 80% of mammalian biomass on the planet. Definite loss of biodiversity. I wonder if it’s a loss of biomass too.
Hard to beat the dominance of archosaurs on Earth for about 180 mio years. Humans are a blink of an eye compared to that.
As long as we don’t kill off the bunch beetles, we’ll be okay.