Cultural adaptation has made humans one of the most successful species on the planet.Through history,major developments in technology,medicine,and nutrition have allowed people to reproduce and survive in everincreasing numbers.The global population has risen from 8 million during the Ice Age to about 6 billion today.
However,the successes of culture can also create problems in the long run.Over the last 200 years,people have begun to use large quantities of natural resources and energy and to produce a great amount of material and chemical wastes.The global population now consumes some crucial natural resources—such as petroleum,wood,and mineral ores—faster than nature can produce them.Many scientists believe that in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes,people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways.Thus,the adaptive success of the presentday global culture of production and commerce may be temporary.
Notes:
tundra n.冰原;苔原 ②submerge vt.淹没
③crucial adj.关键的 ④ore n.矿
长短句分析:Many scientists believe that in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes,people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways.
句法点睛:这是个主从复合句。Many scientists believe为主句部分,in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes为宾语从句的时间状语,people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways为宾语从句的主干部分。
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