When one takes into consideration the fact that all known bipedal
species have either hands or wings, the answer appears quite evident. The
increasing size in the brain of a pre-human began to pave lots of room for
evolutionary innovation. When the pre-human started to think, he realized
that he would love to have a weapon to kill his food; unfortunately, he
couldn't yet brandish a weapon and run after his desired prey at the same
time. Paralleling the need for weapons etc., the pre-human also started to
think of how nice those apples started to look on those branches. Hmmm.
Too bad he couldn't reach them. The pre-human began to *need* the weapons
and apples, lest his new found thoughtwaves stagnate. Neccesity is the
mother of invention, and pre-humans had the need to change. And as all
creatures seem to have, the pre-human adapted through change. The muscles
in his thighs strengthened, and his back began to straighten. Before long,
the pre-human became human and progress rapidly made its way through the
cascades of mankind.
Ingredi Externus!
-E. Shaun Russell
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"It has teeth, art, and a way of cutting Homo Excelsior Magazine
through to the soft parts untried" http://www.excelsior.org
-Jeanette Winterson
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