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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.

Natural Selection Operates According To Immediate Cirumstances And Not Toward A Long-term Goal. Homo Sapiens Did Eventually Evolve As A Descendant Of The First Humans, But There Was Nothing Inevitable About It.

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

Paleoanthropology Is Not A Science That Ends With The Discovery Of A Bone. One Has To Have The Original To Work With. It Is A Life-long Task.

Spoken Language Clearly Differentiates Homo Sapiens From All Other Creatures. None But Humankind Produces A Complex Spoken Language, A Medium For Communication And A Medium For Introspective Reflection.