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Taylor and Francis Ltd Homo Ecophagus 1st Edition 2022 Softbound by Hern, Warren M.
Home Ecophagus by Warren M. Hern is a wide-ranging look at the major problems for the survival of not just the human species, but all other species on Earth due to human activities over the past tens of thousands years. The title of the book indicates Hern's new name for the human species: "The man who devours the ecosystem." Over the course of its evolution, Hern observes, humans have evolved cultures and adaptations that have now become malignant and that the human species, at the global level, has all the major characteristics of a malignant neoplasm - converting all plant, animal, organic, and inorganic material into human biomass or its adaptive adjuncts and support systems. Hern contends that this process is incompatible with continued survival of the human species and most other species on the planet, offering a diagnosis and prognosis of the current environmental impasse. PART ONEOverview - what's the problem?"Save that. We might need it someday"Public health and politics in West AfricaMedical school and the Amazon: "You are very keen in your diagnosis"Brazil, Chile, and abortionPublic health; research; and revelationA new callingThreat to the Holy Cross WildernessFamily planning, Amazon style"You may not ask that question""As you know, the human population has just doubled for the first time"PART TWOManifestations of malignancyWhat the fractal is this?Malignant expansion and retroactive heterotrophicity in modern urbanizationsEffects of malignant human activity on small, local ecosystemsHuman contact and island ecosystemsEffects of human activities on regional ecosystemsEffects of human activity on continental ecosystemsThe oceansToxic trash, oncometabolites, and cow fartsEffects of human activity on biodiversityEffects of human activity on the global ecosystemPART THREEAnalysis and policy choicesHumans as cancer: Metaphor, model, analogy, hypothesis, or diagnosis?Human activities and malignant entropyHuman culture and the ecophagic imperative"What will be the limiting factor for the human population?""We have met the enemy, and he is us"Epilogue: "Great Bringer of Death to Paradise"