Eden as a World Mountain
Abigail Reed
3/21/19
Throughout reading Ecology of Eden this idea of a world mountain kept popping up a lot in my sections of chapters seven and eight. As stated in the book a world mountain is a place that are the central role in energy flow as well as the cycling of water and nutrients. Places that are considered a world mountain are high in genetic diversity, which promotes gene flow. Genetic diversity is important because it aides species survival through time because they will be more capable of fighting off any diseases or threats to their population. For example, the original banana was cloned to reproduce only identical genetic copies of itself because they were able to manipulate it to not have seeds. But eventually a disease came through totally wiped out this species of banana because it was not genetically diverse and there was no lone survivors that were able to reproduce and continue the longevity of the species.
As talked about at the end of chapter eight was if Eden could be described as a world mountain. After my presentation and further discussion with the class, we came to the conclusion that we liked this definition better than the original 'Garden of Eden'. Since Eden is thought to be the place where the human species started it is a good example as the original world mountain. Like a mountain, Eden was rich in diversity and nutrients that then allowed for the flow down to other part of the world to be engulfed in this gene flow and energy flow. So not only do I think Eden fits the description of a world mountain but I can also see the literal sense of the downward flow of energy down a mountain and into the hands of other species in need of nutrients and energy.
3/21/19
Throughout reading Ecology of Eden this idea of a world mountain kept popping up a lot in my sections of chapters seven and eight. As stated in the book a world mountain is a place that are the central role in energy flow as well as the cycling of water and nutrients. Places that are considered a world mountain are high in genetic diversity, which promotes gene flow. Genetic diversity is important because it aides species survival through time because they will be more capable of fighting off any diseases or threats to their population. For example, the original banana was cloned to reproduce only identical genetic copies of itself because they were able to manipulate it to not have seeds. But eventually a disease came through totally wiped out this species of banana because it was not genetically diverse and there was no lone survivors that were able to reproduce and continue the longevity of the species.
As talked about at the end of chapter eight was if Eden could be described as a world mountain. After my presentation and further discussion with the class, we came to the conclusion that we liked this definition better than the original 'Garden of Eden'. Since Eden is thought to be the place where the human species started it is a good example as the original world mountain. Like a mountain, Eden was rich in diversity and nutrients that then allowed for the flow down to other part of the world to be engulfed in this gene flow and energy flow. So not only do I think Eden fits the description of a world mountain but I can also see the literal sense of the downward flow of energy down a mountain and into the hands of other species in need of nutrients and energy.
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