What Humans Should Really be Thankful For


	What Humans Should Really be Thankful For

wildcat

11-23-2007 6:20 AM

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thanks, gratefullness, evolution, primates, brain

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11-23-2007 7:02 AM

abailart

Anyone have statistical odds against becoming the atomic configuration of being human (as opposed say to being a neurotic portuguese donkey or an asteroid)?

11-23-2007 10:41 AM

jonhatespigeons

ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!

11-26-2007 7:44 AM

dirish

Well no- but isn't that something to be thankful for as well? There's enough useless crap running around up there in my head, to add something like that would just, well I don't know- can we make money knowing it? I'll find out if we can.

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In this season of thankfulness, it's a good idea to move beyond being thankful for more food than we could ever eat and more family than we could ever argue with and take stock of other issues in our lives that deserve a nod.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/history/071122-hn-thanksgiving.html"><DIV>
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The first real human trait was bipedalism, walking on two legs, which appeared more than 4.5 million years ago. No one knows why we became bipedal, but walking upright allows us not only to cover a lot of ground in an efficient way; it also allows us to carry things, like shopping bags and purses, or a cooked  turkey on a platter.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/history/071122-hn-thanksgiving.html"><DIV>
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