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Do you think the Edwin Wilson in this book is modeled after E.O.Wilson?

Penn Hackney For sure: “The ant man!” For example, “If all of humanity were to disappear, the remainder of life would spring back and flourish. The increased rate …moreFor sure: “The ant man!” For example, “If all of humanity were to disappear, the remainder of life would spring back and flourish. The increased rate of species extinction and the deforestations now underway would cease, the damaged ecosystem would heal and expand outward. If all the ants — and nothing except ants — somehow disappeared, the effects would be exactly the opposite, and catastrophic. Species extinction would increase even more over the present rate, and the land ecosystems would shrivel even more rapidly as the considerable services provided by these insects were pulled away.” p. 114, Edwin [channelling E.O.] Wilson(less)

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