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Beakybird

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4. We killed off the wooly mammoth and the sabertooth tiger...
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 08:45 PM
Aug 2024

back in the day that we lived in harmony with the environment.
Of course, now we're much more destructive.

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So let me get this straight [View all] JMCKUSICK Aug 2024 OP
It was gradually and then all of a sudden. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #1
Lol JMCKUSICK Aug 2024 #3
Ernest Hemingway said it. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #5
Huge impact of wide-spread fossil fuel use with oil well development in the late 19th century. brush Aug 2024 #7
The dark human underbelly of greed/corruption has always been present. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #9
All you say is true, but 150 is 'sudden' in terms of Earth's millions of years of existance. brush Aug 2024 #10
That's why I said gradually and then suddenly. Irish_Dem Aug 2024 #12
Well said. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #2
We killed off the wooly mammoth and the sabertooth tiger... Beakybird Aug 2024 #4
That happens as nature fights for survival JMCKUSICK Aug 2024 #6
I'd say the huge meteor that struck the Earth centuries ago had a lot to do with... brush Aug 2024 #11
not quite Cirsium Aug 2024 #18
Hahahahahaha. Just 64 years ago? I thought he was much older. brush Aug 2024 #19
And "Better Living Through Chemistry"......NOT Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #8
No, you didn't get that right Random Boomer Aug 2024 #13
I think the difference between these last hundred years or so JMCKUSICK Aug 2024 #14
History shows a much different story Random Boomer Aug 2024 #15
What has not been mentioned is when it all changed... Finishline42 Aug 2024 #16
For at least 99,900 years, yes years, we lived in relative harmony with planet Earth. ??? Sean Andalou Aug 2024 #17
Many people point to the birth of agriculture (roughly 10,000 years ago) as the beginning of the end. OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 #20
We live better than Kings of 100 years ago LiberaBlueDem Aug 2024 #21
Neat thread.nt jfz9580m Aug 2024 #22
Bump.nt jfz9580m Aug 2024 #23
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