Sunday, September 05, 2010

A Fine Balance...

A graphic showing the narrow climactic range during which human civilization has flourished; the dashed yellow line shows how quickly we are leaving this zone.

4 comments:

Gene Rayburn said...

Well Fred From BC and Ridenrain will be thrilled to know they can move back into their caves, with that old tyme climate. Maybe some Mastadon hunting on Tues too.

WesternGrit said...

ROFL... Gene you made me drop my margarita!!! LOL...

rabbit said...

To conclude from this that mankind would not flourish outside of the blue range is silly.

This analysis has the patina of science, but I can think of half a dozen reasons off the top of my head why the conclusion (or is it a suggestion?) likely doesn't stand up.

Holly Stick said...

Can you think of a good way to save food crops from floods, drought, fires, too much heat and frost?

Agriculture developed in that stable period and requires a fairly stable climate to be a reliable source of food. I say we start rationing deniosaurs now.