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The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Henry Gee Pan Macmillan (UK: Available now US: 18 March)

We’re doomed, says Henry Gee, doomed! Homo sapiens is reaching a crest, after which our global population size will start to drop. In his new book, The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why our species is on the edge of extinction, Gee’s mission is to trace the path from our genesis to our peak, then on to our quite possible annihilation.

When H. sapiens…


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