The evolution to smaller size was first noted in Science last year could preserve the human species as a tiny mammal for centuries into the future, so our detritus will not suffocate the planet’s resources.
Last September’s study found that as the climate gets warmer; smaller animals do better than larger ones, at the NRDC: Homo Sapiens Redesign: Sustainabilius :
“As the world gets warmer, species will shrink,” says Wendy Foden, the World Conservation Union biologist studying the effects of climate change on species size. “
In June of 2009 per Joe Fromm at Climate Progress – we are seeing this already as humans are being born smaller as their habitat warms. So; we mammals will evolve faster, and get smaller as climate changes.
Image via Climate Progress
Humans would have a lot less impact on our planet if we were to evolve back into tiny mammals again – like our predecessors were during the Juraissic.
And if we were to do it fast enough, we just might just be able to outpace climate change.
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