Wholesale Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped the World-and Us

This book explores the history of tropical forests on this Earth, taking a look from the Dino age all the way to our times in the age of humans. To many people today, jungles are distant, mythical environments that they may never witness. Author and archaeologist Patrick Roberts reveals the impact that these environments have had on the world as a whole, in short revealing how the jungle has made the world, as we know it, possible. He’ll share information on how these areas were integral to the development of many aspects of human society, including agriculture. He’ll incorporate the history of how humans formed symbiotic relationships that came to develop both humanity and the jungle and the importance of preserving these areas in our times, critically.