The Human Footprint
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Our Time on Earth
If it were not for the Chicxulub meteor some 65 million years ago, life on earth might be very different today. Without this dinosaur extinction event, there likely wouldn’t have been room for mammals to evolve into modern humans. But, unlike the dinosaurs, we humans are here for a good time, not a long time. … Continue reading
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Humans and Nature
As a species, we are unique and very far removed from the rest of the animal kingdom. Through evolution, our large brains provided everything we needed and allowed us to build a comfy society. But that’s really all we have. We don’t have super senses like most other animals or natural tools for survival (fur,… Continue reading