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Something to understand

To be what they truly are is essential for all living species on earth. To understand is one of humanity's given qualities. All the qualities of the earth's species stand in relation to something real, and it is certain that this is something humans wish to understand. It appears that the question about the nature and meaning of the heavens and life on earth have been central in man's mind from his beginnings.

It is fascinating that the human being has been living on Earth for a very long time. Through the discovery of man's first tools, today's man can gain perspective on his species' long history. Today, these stone tools are in Africa, and are between 2 and 2.6 million years old. It is also interesting that the human race appears to develop in a punctuated way. This means that shorter bursts of rapid change within the species happen between very long periods of little or no change. The human race of today has been virtually the same for a long time. Today's research indicates that humans identical to the modern human being lived in Africa 100,000 years ago. In all likelihood, they had some words, some songs, and probably some musical instruments such as drums.

The meaning behind each species determines what it is. For the human of today, the meaning behind his species was decided a very long time ago. And it is likely that the same meaning will still apply to man a very long time in the future, for example 100,000 years from today.

September 10, 2003, David H. Hegg