| Dominion Contributor(s): Eldredge, Niles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520208455 ISBN-13: 9780520208452 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $28.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: "A magnificently clear expose of our current dilemma, and a forthright recommendation for change."--Kurt Benirschke, University of California, San Diego |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Paleontology |
| Dewey: 573.2 |
| LCCN: 96034174 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.44" W x 8.17" (0.52 lbs) 190 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Overpopulation, depletion of natural resources, hunting of nonhuman species to extinction: paleontologist Niles Eldredge questions the long term survival of humans, given our propensity for living beyond our ecological means. In Dominion he reviews the relation between biological and cultural evolution, showing how the agricultural revolution freed humans from dependence on local ecosystems and allowed us to assert our dominion, as the Christian Bible has it, over the beasts of the field. Unless we quickly change our homocentric ways, we'll irretrievably destroy our own habitat. |