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An Armageddon is approaching at the beginning of the third millennium. But it is not the cosmic war and fiery collapse of mankind foretold in sacred scripture. It is the wreckage of the planet by an exuberantly plentiful and ingenious humanity.

E. O. Wilson

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E. O. Wilson
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 10
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