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Letters: ‘Evolution Just Pushes Mindlessly Forward’

Readers consider the impact of humans on other mammals.
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It Will Take Millions of Years for Mammals to Recover From Us

In October, Ed Yong described how humans have damaged the phylogenetic and functional diversity of other mammals: “The story of mammals,” he wrote, “is one of self-destruction.”


I found this article very eye-opening, and it made me feel deeply sad that humans have had such an enormous negative impact on

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