Guardian: Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals
Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Mon 21 May 2018 20.00 BST Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet. The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn of civilisation, humanity has caused the loss of 83% … Continue reading Guardian: Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals