Chapter 8 (Jalen Jones)

In Chapter 8, Kolbert is now visiting professor Miles Silman in the country of Peru. Silman who is an ecologist at Wake Forest University, shows the grand abundance of forest in South America. In these forest there is also a great amount of tree species living, along with more organisms such as algae, fungi and animals such as frogs. This large abundance of nature is due to forest having such a high reproduction rate. This aspect also allows for the creation of mutations. Many different species results in different temperatures in locations and humidity. This is a clear example of how the Earth functions, species are created and under different climate and temperatures they function and continue to live.