Humans Become Human Through Intense Learning Not

Ritual Disposal Of The Dead Speaks Clearly Of An Awareness Of Death, And Thus An Awareness Of Self.

As Every Parent Knows, Children Go Through An Adolescent Growth Spurt, During Which They Put On Inches At An Alarming Rate. Humans Are Unique In This Respect: Most Mammalian Species, Including Apes, Progress Almost Directly From Infancy To Adulthood.

I ... Believe The Study Of Human History Remains Important And Should Not Be Banned. We Should Ensure That Any Archaeological Studies Are Conducted With Sensitivity And Respect. Reburying Relics, In My View, Does Not Help Anyone Go Anywhere.

In The Area Of Species Protection, We Should Concern Ourselves With What Is Right As Opposed To What Might Be Easier, Or Popular In The Short Term.

It Has Taken Biologists Some 230 Years To Identify And Describe Three Quarters Of A Million Insects; If There Are Indeed At Least Thirty Million, As Erwin (terry Erwin, The Smithsonian Institute) Estimates, Then, Working As They Have In The Past, Insect Taxonomists Have Ten Thousand Years Of Employment Ahead Of Them. Ghilean Prance, Director Of The Botanical Gardens In Kew, Estimates That A Complete List Of Plants In The Americas Would Occupy Taxonomists For Four Centuries, Again Working At Historical Rates.