He found some skulls...
Neanderthals. These people (yes, people...) Were here for 97,000 years, at least. In the ice age forests of asia and europe, they were invincible. They were stronger than us, and just as smart as us. Then, the forests started to thin out, and the animals that they ate started to die out, and then... they started to die out.
Now, consider this. Neanderthals will continue to be more successful than us for another 40 THOUSAND years. It is true that anatomically modern homo sapiens date back at least 160,000 years, but the "great leap forward" is where I start the clock, about 50,000 years ago.
Now, are there any lessons that we can learn from our cousins' fate? Should we stay away from overspecialization? Should we learn to conserve more? Should we take more risks? Moreover, who is teaching these lessons to us? I for one, am not too bold as to say I know what is what, and where it is going.
Any ways... do you guys have any ideas?
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Monday, October 16, 2006
William King
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nope, not me!
Personally, I'm not overly concerned with the state of the earth in 50,000 years. I'm just selfish that way.
Hey. Where were you last night? I went to Chatters to say hi... and you weren't there.
..and thoise bigarse reptiles were around for even longer than that. And bacteria still rule the roost.
Key message from all this is not to get so up oursleves and think we're somehow the pinnacle of success. As far as Mother Nature's concerned we're just one more life-form and totally expendable
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