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Homo Naledi – Distant Relative?
A team from the University of Witwatersrand found some bones that had characteristics of early human ancestors. They discovered these bones in the Rising Star caves in South Africa back in 2013. The bones showed that these early humans – Homo Naledi by name – had the brain size of a gorilla, the body the size of an ape, and […]
Read moreDalai Lama Quote – Love And Compassion Are Necessities
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama
Read moreWilla Cather Quote – Human Stories
“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely I as if they had never happened before.” – Willa Cather
Read moreHumanity Trumps Payday
When Chinese fisherman CaiTu hauled in a 200-pound, 100-year-old sea turtle, he knew he had to do the right thing and release the endangered animal. The decision wasn’t easy: Cai could have earned two months’ wages by selling the delicacy to a restaurant, where it would have been made into soup. “I looked into that turtle’s eyes and saw something […]
Read moreAldous Huxley Quote – Taking Things For Granted
“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” – Aldous Huxley
Read moreThe human side of the oil industry
The temporary housing settlements of Williston, N.D., might seem like an unlikely haunt for archaeologists. Nonetheless, a team of “punk archaeologists” are there, finding the history in the present by peering into the lives of people at the heart of North Dakota’s oil industry. Thanks to the lucrative nature of the “Bakken boom” — the ongoing oil drilling in North […]
Read moreLao Tzu Quote – Pure Nature of Humanity
“Humanity grows more and more intelligent, yet there is dearly more trouble and less happiness daily. How can this be so? It is because intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom. When a society misuses partial intelligence and ignores holistic wisdom, its people forget the benefits of a plain and natural life. Seduced by their desires, emotions, and egos, […]
Read moreHorror over baby murder
Changchun, China The senseless killing of an infant has plunged China’s social media sites into another round of soul-searching. The baby was in a car stolen outside a grocery in northeastern China, and the carjacker admitted to strangling and burying the child. Chinese Internet users contrasted the story with a similar incident in New York City last month, in which […]
Read morePope John Paul II Quote – Civilization Worthy Of The Human Person
“Each and every human person has been created in the “image and likeness” of the One who is the origin of all that Is. We have within us the capacities for wisdom and virtue. With these gifts, and with the help of God’s grace, we can build in the next millennium a civilization worthy of the human person, a true […]
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