Humans versus Nature: A Global Environmental History

Since the appearance of Homo sapiens on the planet hundreds of thousands of years ago, human beings have sought to exploit their environments, extracting as many resources as their technological ingenuity has allowed. As technologies have advanced in recent centuries, that impulse has remained largely unchecked, exponentially accelerating the human impact on the environment.



Humans versus Nature tells a history of the global environment from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the adve...