Might I suggest, Homo Termitoidae

Bruce Haigh

I can think of thousands. The detritus eaters would be a good start. The issue whether you see yourself as part of the environment or above it.

Sorry Bruce, minor point of contention but in the Linnaean naming scheme the suffic -oidae is designating an epifamily (just above family level), not a species. A species designation would be Homo termes, but that would mean a man worm that eats wood.

From what I see, I reckon Homo confusum would be better.

Grim, if man had not started eating meat, you would be still swing from limb to limb and making funny screaching noises.

David

Thought that might get the dogs barking.... pity so few of them have the guts to sign their names to their howls.

For the record, I love human creativity and all it brings us. I love our exquisite ability to forsee difficulty and danger, and act collectively to avoid it. I fully believe we can solve all these problems, provided we understand them thoroughly and act together, as we are so good at doing. For an optimistic view, see my last post: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=12232

Those who dismiss the risks we now run only increase the peril we face. They want us to do nothing, question nothing, be ignorant, be helpless. That's not humanity as I know it. We are much better than that.

Now is the time to earn the right to call ourselves wise.

Julian Cribb

Pericles,

"Do yourself a favour, and bring yourself up-to-date."

Perhaps you'd like to take your own advice...this article is from 2007 but gives a good summation of the problems faced post Green Revolution in the "totemic success", the Punjab. Surely, there must be some middle ground.

http://www.economist.com/node/9856023

Btw, GM crops have to be purchased each year - so much for seed sharing and knowledge and tradition.