In1994 Tim Flannery, Australian zoologist and climate activist, wrote “The Future Eaters”, an incredible book documenting the spread of humans across the earth and the mammals and birds they ate along the way. Rather than paint a rosy picture of indigenous life throughout history, he shows us for what we are: consumers.
Whether it’s the megafauna of the northern hemisphere or the great birds of the south, humans ate everything they could easily get their hands on, resulting in human population booms, species extinctions, and vast environmental degradation. If that sounds familiar it’s because humans haven’t changed.