02055nam a2200277 i 4500001001400000003000500014005001700019008003900036020003900075040002900114082002100143100003200164245010700196264003000303264001200333300002400345336002100369337002500390338002300415504006700438520117100505650003201676650002101708650001701729650003101746000125422520 MBIP20260702145504.0260702t20252025enk    e b    001 0 eng  a9781035032242cRM97.37qpaperback   aMBIPbengcMBIPdNFerda04223a599.938bHEN0 aGee, Henry,d1962-eauthor.14aThe decline and fall of the human empire :bwhy our species is on the edge of extinction /cHenry Gee. 1aLondon :bPicador,c2025. 4c©2025   a278 pages ;c23 cm.  2rdacontentatext  2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 236-269) and index.  aFor the first time since the dawn of agriculture, the rate
       of human population growth is slowing down. The global 
       population is forecast to begin declining in the second 
       half of this century, and in 10,000 years' time our 
       species will likely be extinct. In The Decline and Fall of
       the Human Empire, Henry Gee shows how we arrived at this 
       crucial moment in our history, beginning his story deep in
       the palaeolithic past and charting our dramatic rise from 
       one species of human among many - teetering on the edge of
       extinction for more than a hundred millennia - to the most
       dominant animal to ever live on Earth. But rapid climate 
       change, a stagnating global economy, falling birth rates 
       and an unexplainable decline in average human sperm count 
       are combining to make our chances for longevity 
       increasingly slim. Drawing on a dazzling array of the 
       latest scientific research, Gee tells the extraordinary 
       story of humanity with characteristic warmth and wit, and 
       suggests how our exceptional species might avoid its 
       tragic fate.  0aPhilosophical anthropology. 0aHuman evolution. 0aPopulation.  0aHuman beingsxExtinction.