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...human species, that the notion of romantic love probably first began to blossom -- or at least that the first cascades of neurochemicals began flowing from the brain to the bloodstream to produce goofy grins and sweaty palms as men and women gazed deeply into each other's eyes. When mankind graduated from scuttling around on all fours to walking on two legs, this change made the whole person visible to fellow human beings for the first time. Sexual organs were in full display, as were other characteristics, from the color of eyes to the span of shoulders. As never before...
...life on Earth may no longer have to wait helplessly for the next catastrophe. In a paper titled "Cosmic Bombardment," scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory declare that "terrestrial life now has a representative (mankind) capable of actively defending it from the bombardment -- after four eons of simply enduring...
...mass hysteria and outright brutality that left an estimated 10 million Chinese dead and ruined the lives of millions more. Now tales of even more horrible excesses from the years between 1966 and 1976 are coming to light: allegations of cannibalism, involving hundreds of men and women who violated mankind's most powerful taboo in the name of revolutionary purity...
...coming years, the fate of humanity will be decided in places like Kinshasa and Curitiba. Faster than ever before, the human world is becoming an urban world. Near the end of this decade, mankind will pass a demographic milestone: for the first time in history, more people will live in and around cities than in rural areas...
...wild and a victim of man's relentless efforts to eradicate what he cannot control, the wolf is the very embodiment of our conflict with nature. In the skies over Alaska, when the rifle barrels slide out the helicopter windows and take aim at the first frightened wolves below, mankind will once again demonstrate its awesome power, and yes, its ignorance as well...