THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THEE HUMAN EMPIRE, H. GeeWe are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more than ten thousand years, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. In the middle of this century population growth will stop, and the number of people on Earth will start to decline fast. In this provocative book, award winning science writer Henry Gee offers a concise, brilliantly told history of our species and argues that we are on a rapid, one way