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Randy D

I know it's nearly impossible to imagine, but what would life have been like if humans were the ONLY species ever to inhabit this planet?



The combined interaction of fauna and insects are all necessary for life to exist as ecosystems, but dare to imagine a world with only humans as its non-plant life forms . . .


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Posted - April 11, 2017
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  • We would all starve to death.
      April 11, 2017 12:46 AM MDT
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  • 53502
    What if we were all herbivores?

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      April 11, 2017 12:51 AM MDT
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  • Wouldn't matter.  You said humans are the only species.  That means no plants, animals, bacteria, protozoa, or fungi.
      April 11, 2017 1:07 AM MDT
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  • 53502
    I anticipated that premise. Please read the post in its entirety:

    "a world with only humans as its non-plant life forms . . . "
      April 11, 2017 7:21 AM MDT
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  • Sorry,   groggy at time of answering.


    Modified answer.....

    Mealtime would be unsatisfying, incomplete, and not nearly as tasty.  Meat makes it a meal.
      April 11, 2017 8:15 AM MDT
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  • I'd have bought shares in a company selling vegetarian cookbooks.
      April 11, 2017 1:29 AM MDT
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  • 1713
    That would be creepy. Slavery and cannibalism would probably be acceptable. There would probably be "lower" humans that would be viewed as lowly animals. I guess it already is/was like that, except it would be worse.
      April 11, 2017 6:11 AM MDT
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  • 53502
    Thanks. Those are angles I had not thought of. 
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      April 11, 2017 7:27 AM MDT
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