Gee, Henry,  1962- <br/><br/>
The decline and fall of the human empire :  why our species is on the edge of extinction / 
Henry Gee. 
 - 278 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-269) and index. 
<br/><br/> For the first time since the dawn of agriculture, the rate<br/>       of human population growth is slowing down. The global <br/>       population is forecast to begin declining in the second <br/>       half of this century, and in 10,000 years' time our <br/>       species will likely be extinct. In The Decline and Fall of<br/>       the Human Empire, Henry Gee shows how we arrived at this <br/>       crucial moment in our history, beginning his story deep in<br/>       the palaeolithic past and charting our dramatic rise from <br/>       one species of human among many - teetering on the edge of<br/>       extinction for more than a hundred millennia - to the most<br/>       dominant animal to ever live on Earth. But rapid climate <br/>       change, a stagnating global economy, falling birth rates <br/>       and an unexplainable decline in average human sperm count <br/>       are combining to make our chances for longevity <br/>       increasingly slim. Drawing on a dazzling array of the <br/>       latest scientific research, Gee tells the extraordinary <br/>       story of humanity with characteristic warmth and wit, and <br/>       suggests how our exceptional species might avoid its <br/>       tragic fate.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781035032242  RM97.37 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophical anthropology.<br/>Human evolution.<br/>Population. <br/>Human beings--Extinction. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>599.938  / HEN