Summary Of The Book 'The World Without Us'

Ever wonder what life would be like without humans. What would happen? Would the rest of planet Earth survive, or would they diminish with us? Alan Weisman, in the book The World Without Us, explains his theory on what would happen if humans, also known as Homo Sapiens, disappeared from Earth and what would happen to the creations made by humans. Although the scenario of us, humans, diminishing from the planet is a unbelievable nightmare, the outcome of what would happen is interesting. Weisman explains his thoughts in nineteen chapter, each containing a different idea. In the first chapter, Weisman starts off by introducing a forest that is restoring to its original state, because of the decline in human population around the forest. This forest is Bialowieza Puszcza, which is a forest that is also protected by the Soviet Union. The biodiversity is great and there is a large amount of woodpecker species taking part in the ecosystem. Since the many families are moving

Humans has put a large amount of carbon dioxide into the environment through the technology we built, like cars and factories. Because of this, the carbon dioxide levels is very high and would take a hundred thousand years for it to return to the level it was at before humans came along. Additionally, Weisman explains how the glaciers will still exist and that the next ice age would come later than it should. At the end of the chapter, Weisman describes how close chimpanzees and humans are related, and how humans became a specie in the planet. Two species came together a made a hybrid, which are humans. After the ice age, humans began to develop from apes. Additionally, since chimpanzees don’t have that many predators, they have a gene that allows them to adapt easily. When Humans disappear, the chimpanzee population would increase largely, because of their adaptability