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- From: pruss@helix.nih.gov (dmitry pruss)
- Subject: Re: The Human Niche
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.213420.21478@alw.nih.gov>
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- Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
- References: <1992Sep10.082545.29839@kth.se> <1893@grivel.une.edu.au> <15397@umd5.umd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 21:34:20 GMT
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- >In article <1893@grivel.une.edu.au> JOHN HUNTER,
- >jhunter5@metz.une.edu.au writes:
- > > While in most cases native peoples appear to have blended
- >in well
- >>with their environments, I don't believe this has always been the
- >case.
- >
-
- Lots of peoples of old practisized a nice, environmentally sound approach
- to cope with overpopulation:
-
- Instead of exhausting their resources, they choosed to fight their
- neighbours to take their lands and resources. Unfortunately, most of human
- cultures and languages perished in that way (could one consider it as an
- eco-damage?)
-
- In *old* historical times, the process often went on at a mega-scale. Say,
- Mongolian plains bursted out conquering hordes on a regular basis during
- the last 1.5 millenia. However, Mongolians still retain a lot of their
- *primitive* way, honour their sacred mountains, waters and woods, and have
- their nature reasonably intact.
-
- Sometimes I think that the Western way to protect the Western nature has
- something in common with the above practice :(
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