[Taxacom] when is a common species critically endangered?

[Roderic Page]

Mark, it's far from naive. Surely the notion that humans are somehow separate from nature is laughable, especially coming from taxonomists of all people.

See http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/mf_microbiome/ (or indeed any phylogeny involving primates).

Regards

Rod

On 27 Jun 2012, at 03:29, Mark Wilden wrote:

> This is no doubt an incredibly naive question, but how long will it
> take before humans and their artifacts are considered part of
> "nature"?
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