Humans are a terrestrial species, meaning we live and exist on solid land above sea level. All of these examples are limited to where and what they can do because they cannot escape their environment, as it has shaped them as much as they it. Examples of Environmental Determinism could be tropical viruses that cannot flourish outside tropical zones, bananas and their inability to thrive naturally in Vermont, humans not being able to breathe under water, and amusingly: pigs not being able to fly. Hopefully the reader of this essay will find that Environmental determinism and Possibilism may have different theories, but are not so different when considered towards a problems beginning and ultimately its end. These two ideas can be almost as conflict-ridden as Creationism and Evolution, with both sides of the fight drawing lines in the sand and rallying behind them. While Possibilism is the idea that mankind –for this example it will be routinely mankind and not another species-can accomplish their goal(s) because it is possible or could become possible with assistance, such as training, tools, equipment, specialized environmental gear, etc. Environmental Determinism is the idea that the environment shapes its inhabitants, and will -or will not- provide for them to accomplish their goals.
Possibilism and Environmental Determinism, both completely different in theory, and yet so very linked in purpose. Shaping and Reshaping Life Since the Beginning of Time Environmental Determinism and Possibilism:
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