It
has been stated that a generation covers a period
of
about thirty-years. We are a fairly new species
on
a 4-billion year old Planet Earth, having arrived
to
our present place in time from generations tracked
back
some 250,000 years. I won’t go beyond the bi-
pedal
state, few are really interested in the creepy
crawly
slime which preceded that. So, over myriad
generations
past, we homo sapiens have evolved to
our
present condition. Biologically, we share 99% of
the
same DNA with the chimpanzee. No wonder we
are
fascinated with our closely-related primate. And
even
though we consider ourselves a superior species,
we
share many similar traits with which we can oft-times
embarrassingly
relate. (Each time I pick my nose or scratch
my
ass, I am reminded of that.) Oh, and we humans can
boastfully
claim that we were the first to come up with ice
cream
cones and advanced thermonuclear weapons. I
myself
prefer chocolate chip.
-30-
Chris
Hanch 6-27-2020
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