Almost everywhere we went, humankind erased a world of wonders, changing the way the biosphere functions. For instance, modern humans arrived in Europe and Australia at about the same time – between 40 and 50,000 years ago – with similar consequences.
In Europe, where animals had learned to fear previous versions of the bipedal ape, the extinctions happened slowly. Within some 10 or 15,000 years, the continent had lost its straight-tusked elephants, forest rhinos, hippos, hyenas and monstrous scimitar cats.
In Australia, where no hominim had set foot before modern humans arrived, the collapse was almost instant. The rhinoceros-sized wombat, the ten-foot kangaroo, the marsupial lion, the monitor lizard larger than a Nile crocodile, the giant marsupial tapir, the horned tortoise as big as a car – all went, in ecological terms, overnight.
All about fruitarianism with a long-term fruitarian, Lena
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Thank you! I prefer breaststroke for many reasons. I wish I had a lake to swim :)
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Damn - You did 6K !!! That's huge. I could turn you into a 10K lake swimmer ! :-)
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Hey, saw your lap-swimming page for the first time! A 1650 is a good distance for a non-competitive swimmer!
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Hi Lena, I respect that we all have a different opinion on the definition of the word fruitarian ...
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30 year fruitarian, overcame mucho health problem. Eat like a gorilla and kick butt!! Everyone ...
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