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The Real Reason Humans Are the Dominant Species

Justin Rowlatt
BBC

From early humans rubbing sticks together to make fire, to the fossil fuels that drove the industrial revolution, energy has played a central role in our development as a species. But the way we power our societies has also created humanity’s biggest challenge.