The Power of Trees by Wohlleben: Ancient brains and animal impact

What was thrilling about reading Wohlleben’s The Power of Trees was to expand on a notion I covered in a recent blog. That unlike animals, the ‘brain’ of trees – and their intelligence – exists outside of themselves. That simple difference has distinguished plants and animals for billions of years. Far longer, in fact, than animals have walked the Earth. But back then Earth would have been uninhabitable for humans. The rise of wildlife led to what we conceive healthy ecosystems to look like toda...