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This paper reports tests of the hypothesis that the human species is ecologically normal, and argues that other measures should be tested in a similar fashion to assess the prevalence of such differences and their practical implications.

In Harvesting the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistory to the present day, and the evolution and extent of biomass harvests.