Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals - study

[lordsummerisle]

theguardian.com

Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet.
The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn of civilisation, humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants, while livestock kept by humans abounds.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/21/human-race-just-001-of-all-life-but-has-destroyed-over-80-of-wild-mammals-study

[TimeSnowDemos]

1. So depressing

That's all I got. What else can be said?

Sometimes I think a 12 Monkeys type scenario might not be the worst outcome.