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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: The human condition/ Part 1
Message-ID: <967@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 12:32:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 12:32:08 1986
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In article <3386@umcp-cs.UUCP> flink@maryland.UUCP (Paul V Torek) writes:
> In article <929@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) writes:
> >>Humans have proven to be well adapted: there is more biomass of humans than
> >>of any other terrestrial animal, in more environments than any other
> >>terrestrial animal.
> 
> Are you sure about this?  Surely there are some species of termites with
> more biomass than humans!?

Sort of embarrassing to admit, since I'm an entomologist on the side, but
you might be right.  I don't have the figures offhand.

However the environment argument still stands unchanged, and there would
only be a very few insect species with more biomass.  All in all, we are a
wildly successful species by these measures.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh