...thal were nearly extinct. Homo sapiens, modern humans with advanced brains, were newcomers in Neanderthal territory. It soon became apparent that the species could interbreed. This short book aligns research showing that Neanderthal DNA is found in the human genome with findings from studies of the central nervous system. Approximately one to five percent of the populat...

...w, I couldn’t understand why anyone in their right mind would pollute and despoil the environment they depend on for their life, continue to wipe out species as if they themselves were exempt from extinction, extract resources at any cost to the point of depletion, and burn fossil fuels when they knew the climate was disintegrating. All for profit! And it was never enough!...

...than on mathematical calculations). On planet Earth an infinite number of species exist, and they are all intelligent, but not in the same way. Ev... ...ecies exist, and they are all intelligent, but not in the same way. Every species chooses the niche it lives and evolves in, and it adapts to the ne... ...pts to the needs and resources of that particular niche. Therefore, every species is also endowed with freedom and with creativity as well as intell... ...gence, although these are qualities that have specific limitations. Every species takes on a task that is different from the tasks of the other spec... ...erent from the tasks of the other species. No one imposes it on them; each species chooses their own task freely. The tasks of each of the species a... ...organism. There is constant communication that takes place between all the species and within each of the species. We are aware of only a few types... ... There are continual mechanisms of action and retroaction that guide how a species proliferates with respect to the others. Every species fights fo... ...rmines how some are successful and some are not. Whatever is valid for the species in general is also valid for each individual that belongs to the ... .... This is most certainly true for each individual that belongs to the human species as well. 12 Each individual is also a super-organism with respe...

...bout fifty thousand years ago. That set Homo sapiens apart from all other species. Hummingbirds, songbirds, and parrots all produce learned songs.... ...edge that helped them control fire and master the tools that enabled our species dominate this planet. Harmonizing Seamless Sound Waves Speakin... ... or not, but it‘s easy to admire the creativity of his reasoning that our species—having lived in watery swamps in East Africa for millions of years—... ...e of sound symbols allowed our ancestors to share knowledge that gave our species the powers needed to dominate this planet. Spoken sound symbols—... ... moments‖ of forgetfulness, but few of us ever took full advantage of our species‘ remarkable mnemonic capabilities. In The Discoverers, his sweep... ...ed well for poet-singers‘ stories failed to meet the needs of an economic species that irrigated fields, planted crops, and raised livestock. Wit... ... who is without a newspaper,‖ P. T. Barnum declared, ―is cut off from his species.‖ The Linotype made textbooks, such as those that had been hand... ...edge needed to control fire and master the tools and weapons that let our species dominate this planet. Then:  Writing symbols of shape broke...

...intight astrosuit whom they avoid. Through an infinite void of silence, he hears the echoes, the shrieks of the planet, the groggy final screams of a species that kept itself blindfolded. Icy sweat beads down his damp forehead. He so wishes he were back asleep. He looks up, and in a blur, feels the scraps of his cruiser’s shredded hull drifting around him. A few taps...

...n our DNA. Humans have an innate predisposition to learn languages. Despite this biological predisposition, language had to first evolve. It took our species by surprise. It was sort of a Eureka moment, an epiphany when the first Homo Sapiens discovered he could communicate using his vocal apparatus…Today, with globalization, the need to communicate quickly and efficiently...