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What Is the Most Successful Species on Earth? From NHPR: Outside/In

What Is the Most Successful Species on Earth? From NHPR: Outside/In

Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant vor 3 Jahren

What Is the Most Successful Species on Earth?

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This week we're sharing a riveting episode from NHPR's show,
Outside/In. Take a listen and let us know what you think! A debate
about evolutionary “success.” Who should wear the crown of GSOAT
(greatest species of all time), and are humans even in the running?
Humans have had an impressive run thus far; we’ve explored most of
the planet (the parts that aren’t underwater anyway), landed on the
moon, created art and music, and made some pretty entertaining
Tik-Toks. But we’ve survived on the planet for just a fraction of
the time horseshoe crabs and alligators have. And we’re vastly
outnumbered by many species of bacteria and insects. So who is the
most successful species on Earth? And how do you measure that,
anyway? From longevity to happiness, to sheer numbers, we put a
handful of different organisms under the microscope in hopes of
better understanding what exactly it means to succeed at life on a
collective and individual scale. Featuring: Stephen Giovannoni,
Rashidah Farid, and Steward Pickett