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...discovery may help paleontologists finally figure out when and why the Australopithecus clan sprouted a new branch on the hominid tree. According to a leading theory, the trigger was a global cooling trend that began about 2.7 million years ago and transformed much of Africa's moist woodlands into dryer, more open savannah. Was the development of tools and a more upright stance an evolutionary strategy to cope with the rigors of the new environment? Perhaps. But until now nobody had found a Homo fossil that dated back anywhere near 2.7 million years...
Last week, I went to my basement to pick up my laundry, and two people were unabashedly making out in front of my dryer. At first I attempted to be polite by clearing my throat, but after I received no response I was forced to speak. I said "excuse me," and the woman looked at me and nervously smiled as they parted. I don't know why she smiled at me--I wasn't the one kissing her. All I wanted was my laundry, but I instead fell victim to an epidemic which plagues Harvard: public displays of affection...
...greed, even lust, were often blunted by scarcity. Only amid the material abundance that came with agriculture and grew thereafter could self-indulgence regularly reach grotesque levels. (Sodom and Gomorrah lay in the fertile plains. Their residents sinned amid plenty while Abraham herded his flock in rustic innocence on dryer terrain.) Similarly, anger acquired a new layer of evil with the invention of knives and spears, to say nothing of guns...
Despite the lack of a clear victor, Trevor D. Dryer '00 said he benefited from the debate...
...informative to see back-to-back where the candidates came down on the issues," Dryer said...