Comments by "Michael Deierhoi" (@michaeldeierhoi4096) on "The Trouble With Trilobites" video.

I think it is debatable that humans are one of the most successful animals today. After as a species humans have been around at most 225 thousand years. Many other species have been around longer. Sharks,.many bird species, and so on. I get the impression that humans might be considered one of the most successful species because we are spread across the world. But that may only be temporary and as has happened to humans before when we have exceeded the carrying capacity of the environment we occupy our ancestors have suddenly died out or immigrated to another region. The Maya were one example. Right now humans are exceeding the carry capacity of several regions they occupy such as in the American southwest where water availability is declining.
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