Mosquitoes cause ‘millions of deaths er year,’ according to the WHO. So what happened to Elton’s four ecological horsemen? Why are we not controlled? Is there a fifth horseman that will cause our populations to crash at some point, as lemmings do? The human population has more than tripled in the past 70 years, from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 7.8 billion today. Nonetheless, we are suffering a population explosion, just as lemmings and other species do from time to time. Coli bacterium were to double every 20 minutes – the rate found in optimum conditions – it would take only two days (that is, 2 144 ) for the weight of E.Coli to exceed the weight of the Earth – yes, just two days! Clearly, and happily for us, that does not happen, nor does it happen for all the other species – including us. In one astonishing passage, Carroll tells us that if a single E. In thinking about how animal numbers are regulated to avoid over-population, “Elton suggested that, in general, increases in numbers were held in check by predators, pathogens, parasites and food supply.”Įlton’s four regulators are clearly very effective. In his 2016 book The Serengeti Rules, Sean Carroll discusses the work of pioneering ecologist Charles Elton in the 1920s. Readers can purchase “The Human Apocalypse” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Kobo or Barnes and Noble.įor additional information on this recent publication, contact Covenant Books at 84.The Book of Revelations in the New Testament lists the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as conquest, war, famine and death, while in the Old Testament’s Book of Ezekiel they are sword, famine, wild beasts and pestilence or plague.īut whatever we call them, they are remarkably close to what we might call the four horsemen of ecology that regulate population size in nature. This is a story of love, loss, hope, and all the zombies in between. But what if not all the zombies were mindless flesh eaters? What if some had intention? The undead are everywhere, but what happens when Michael and Ruby are faced with something more, something bigger, something scarier? Mindless zombies are terrifying on their own. Just when the threat of the undead seems to be contained, a new kind of evil arises. Michael and Ruby soon discover that there is a different kind of threat lurking in the shadows. Find out just what zombies are capable of, why they are so greatly feared, and why zombies aren’t the only thing to fear. Discover the untold truth of this post-apocalyptic nightmare. After a massive nuclear war claimed the lived of millions, and utter catastrophe engulfed the planet as radiation warped science as we knew it, Michael and his new-found friend, Ruby Valentine, set out on a perilous quest for answers.įollow Michael and Ruby as they journey to Kansas City, seeking safety in numbers, as they go through and conquer unspeakable challenges. Michael Evland, a 23-year old from rural Kansas, had no one, and nothing to accompany him but a world of chaos-a world where the dead had inherited the earth. “The Human Apocalypse” is the creation of published author, Aaron Weaver, a young author who has overcome many hardships and hopes to inspire others with similar and different struggles to never give up.
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