Meanwhile, an ecological [[perspective]] sees wildness as "(the degree of) subjection to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection natural selection] pressures", many of which emerge independently from the biosphere. Thus [[modern]] [[civilization]] - contrasted with all [[humanity]] - can be seen as an 'unnatural' force (lacking wildness) as it strongly insulates its [[population]] from many natural selection [[mechanisms]], including interspecific [[competition]] such as predation and [[disease]], as well as some intraspecific phenomena.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildness] | Meanwhile, an ecological [[perspective]] sees wildness as "(the degree of) subjection to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_selection natural selection] pressures", many of which emerge independently from the biosphere. Thus [[modern]] [[civilization]] - contrasted with all [[humanity]] - can be seen as an 'unnatural' force (lacking wildness) as it strongly insulates its [[population]] from many natural selection [[mechanisms]], including interspecific [[competition]] such as predation and [[disease]], as well as some intraspecific phenomena.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildness] |