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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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Cockroaches wouldn't exist without humans. We helped them become one of the world's worst pests, according to a new study. (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The German cockroach is "a creation of human-made environments," Edward Vargo, an entomology professor at Texas A&M University and co-author of a new study identifying the roach's origins, told The Washington Post.

The German roach evolved from its Asian cousin about 2,100 years ago to adapt to "human settlements in India or Myanmar," the researchers reported in their paper.

With advancements in transportation and "temperature-controlled housing," the German cockroach made its relatively recent global spread, the researchers said in their report.

The German cockroach's adaption to warm environments, ability to rapidly breed, and unique resistance to insecticides make them a frustratingly common presence in households.

The roach's westward spread likely occurred during times of increasing "commercial and military activities of the Islamic Umayyad or Abbasid Caliphates" about 1,200 years ago, the researchers reported.

"If we can know the origin of the species, we can try to identify the mechanism of this rapid evolution of insecticide resistance," Qian Tang, a research associate at Rowland Institute at Harvard who led the new study told the Post.

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