It used to be said, that in places like this, nature eventually failed to support man, the truth is exactly the reverse, here man failed to support nature. Ten thousand years ago man regarded the natural world as divine, but as he domesticated animals and plants so nature lost some of its mystery and appeared to be little more than a larder that could be raided with impunity.


52 min 20 sec - The First Eden (1987)

David Attenborough Quotes

It used to be said, that in places like this, nature eventually failed to support man, the truth is exactly the reverse, here man failed to support...

It used to be said, that in places like this, nature eventually failed to support man, the truth is exactly the reverse, here man failed to support...

It used to be said, that in places like this, nature eventually failed to support man, the truth is exactly the reverse, here man failed to support...

It used to be said, that in places like this, nature eventually failed to support man, the truth is exactly the reverse, here man failed to support...