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. . . . All animals probably create some kind of representation of their bodies in their brains, and humans simply create a particularly complicated model. We infuse it with memories, embellish it with autobiographies, and project it into the future as we ponder our hopes and goals.

The human self did not reach this complicated state on its own. Thought is more like a node in the social network of our species. All primates are remarkably social creatures, and our ancestors ten million years ago were no different, depending on one another to escape leopards and to fight other primate bands For fruit trees. Under these conditions, our ancestors evolved into political animals, capable of creating coalitions and settling conflicts. They squabbled over food, competed for sex, and made their way up and down the social hierarchy. Bu five million years ago our ancestors had become upright walkers who probably traveled in bands a few dozen strong. They evolved an ability to understand the minds of other people and to predict what other people would do. They found happiness in cooperation and trust, which helped them search for food and shelter together. ~ Page ~ 289 Excerpt: "Soul Made Flesh" Author : Carl Zimmer

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. . . Our own primate lineage today can trace their heritage back to a common ancestor that lived only around 150,000 years ago.

While these few pages can’t do full justice to the majestic depths of life’s history, one thing is clear: our own time in this universe is almost inconceivably brief. No longer can human history match the scale of natural history. If the 4 billion years that life has been on Earth when summer day, the past 200,000 years -- which saw the rise of anatomically modern humans, the origin of complex language, of art, relig8ion, and trade, the dawn of agriculture, of cities, and all of written history -- would fit into the flash of a firefly just before sundown. Excerpt: “Evolution -- The Triumph of an Idea” Author: Carl Zimmer

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