Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species lasts forever.

His answer is the octopus. What say you?

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I’m not even convinced that intelligence is a requirement to be the dominant species. Intelligence is so expensive that nature rarely ever selects for it.

    Trilobytes did pretty damn well for a hell of a lot longer than we have so far. I think we need a stronger working definition of “dominant” in order to judge any candidates.