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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

10,000 Birds

The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. So that was the first argument for a scavenging phase. Here’s the thing: I personally never believed it, not even for one second. Photo by Mikebaird.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Sea lion mothers wail when watching their babies being eaten by killer whales. If she’d been left alone, she would have fallen prey to a lion or other predator. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors.

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