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Plants and animals have always been critical to humanity’s success, and we ignore their contributions at our peril Mary Ellen Hannibal THE LAST ANIMAL | Humanity has made incredible technological leaps forward in our time on Earth; we are also quickly wiping out the planet’s biodiversity. Historian Kyle Harper connects these two realities, which together represent “the paradox of human progress,” in his new book, The Last Animal. Harper’s thesis is that because we have mostly ignored the world-building role played by plants and animals, we have long blinded ourselves to a truth now staring us in the face: The cost of our current success is bankrupting our future. …
摘自《科学》(Science)2026年10月15日,Mary Ellen Hannibal。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。