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Paul Ehrlich: 'The Dominant Animal'
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KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Contributing Organization
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio (Seattle, Washington)
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cpb-aacip/358-24wh785z
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Have we become too successful as a species? Humans have evolved from being prey during the prehistoric times to being the most successful, and dominant species on the planet. But our rise to dominance has generated a host of problems. We clear forests to raise crops and to build cities and highways. We pollute our air and water with man–made chemicals. In short, we are changing our world in ways that are unprecedented. Paul Ehrlich warned of a looming ecological crisis in his 1968 best–selling book, "The Population Bomb." Forty years later, he's back with a new look at the impact of human evolution on the environment... and how it may threaten our survival. Also today, Cliff Mass joins us with a weekend weather forcast.
Asset type
Program
Genres
News
Topics
News
Subjects
evolution, Weekday, dominant animal, paul ehrlich, erlick, ehrlick
Rights
2011 KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Media type
Sound
Credits
Copyright Holder: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Producer: Steve Scher
Producing Organization: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
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KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Identifier: WeekdayA20080822 (File name)
Format: audio/vnd.wave
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:54:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Paul Ehrlich: 'The Dominant Animal',” KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed December 15, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-24wh785z.
MLA: “Paul Ehrlich: 'The Dominant Animal'.” KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 15, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-24wh785z>.
APA: Paul Ehrlich: 'The Dominant Animal'. Boston, MA: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-24wh785z