“We’re one species — glorious though we are — we are just one species out of an estimated eight million,” Wilson said. “At the present time, we only know almost exactly two million species — enough to give them a scientific name. Six million species are out there, maintaining the planet for us as an autonomous ecosystem and stabilization system. “We don’t even know what the great majority of these species are, much less what they are doing,” Wilson said. “We should be simultaneously turning to all the other eight million species and find out who we are living with.” Read more about E.O. Wilsons new book, The Meaning of Human Existence, and upcoming book events here: eowilsonfoundation.org/e-o-wilsons-new-book-the-meaning-of-human-existence-bridges-questions-of-science-and-philosophy/
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