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A review by nujibuji
The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson
2.0
The book was a lot more about insects than I expected. I'm not sure what I actually expected this book to be about, but the theories of human evolution presented did not seem so innovative or interesting to me.
The most memorable takeaway for me was that the entire human population, current and in all of history, would barely fill a small corner of the Grand Canyon floor. And if you were to stack up all humans living today into one rectangle, the entire living ants population would fill the same size rectangle. Mind blowing and really puts our existence into perspective!
The most memorable takeaway for me was that the entire human population, current and in all of history, would barely fill a small corner of the Grand Canyon floor. And if you were to stack up all humans living today into one rectangle, the entire living ants population would fill the same size rectangle. Mind blowing and really puts our existence into perspective!