How would the world be different if we weren't the dominant species on earth?

Answer 1

Overall the world's ecosystems would be far healthier. The entire world would look like the natural preserves or national parks, minus the people, the roads, and walkways, and the cars/buildings/tents etc.

Answer 2

There would be a lot less people around, because we would be hunted by predators or else killed off by overcrowding. Pollution would be essentially non-existent, except near the odd volcano spewing out toxic metals. Most other plant and animal species would be much more bountiful than today, although the number of farm animals would be significantly reduced. (Actually, if humans didn't have the ability to domesticate them, there would be no farm animals to begin with).

The only thing that would not change is the "health" or "balance" of nature! Rest assured, even if human lifestyles are not sustainable today, and even if we are putting our future and the future of many other species at risk, "nature" itself is always in balance. This is exactly why we are in so much trouble today: if we do something destructive toward nature, nature counterbalances it by doing something destructive toward us.

Answer 3

The natural world would exist in perfect balance and harmony with little in the way of habitat destruction interfering with species-however I suspect that an alternative Apex predator would emerge to occupy the niche in the global eco-system currently occupied by man.

Answer 4

our earth would have been quiet different place if we were not the dominant species it could have been either much better or more worse depending upon the species that would have been dominant at that time. we would have been present there but would have not got so much evolved as we r now.

Answer 5

The good think about people, is that they try to prove that life shouldn't be just an instant in the universe! Can you imagine what will happen to life if the earth is being destroyed or our sun would explode? Life would perish with out a trace. So "just" the nature would be devastating!