• Question: What do you think will happen to the planet if the human race die out?

    Asked by bethx1 to Steve, Ed, Katie, Sam, Vera on 19 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by lauragrace1996.
    • Photo: Steven Daly

      Steven Daly answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      I have a book about this, and although I can’t think of what it is called or who it is by I will find out and comment its title on here, because it is an excellent read.

      What I think would happen is that life would get on fine without us here, and probably within a few thousand years you would not know very easily that humans even existed.

    • Photo: Sam Tazzyman

      Sam Tazzyman answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      I agree with Steven: life would carry on just fine. The planet got on fine after the dinosaurs died out, so I don’t see why it should be any different for if humans die out.

    • Photo: Vera Weisbecker

      Vera Weisbecker answered on 18 Jun 2011:

      Like Steven and Sam said, the planet would get on fine without us or probably, in terms of animal diversity and natural balance, be much better!

      There is a really lame joke of two planets meeting. One says:”I feel terrible, I think I’ve contracted Homo sapiens”! The other says “Don’t worry, it’ll pass!”.

    • Photo: Katie Marriott

      Katie Marriott answered on 19 Jun 2011:

      I agree wiht the others, life would just tick along although there may be a change in dynamics. Humans interfere a lot with nature so some species might even get on better than they do now!

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