When our very first ancestors walked this earth, there was a wide variety of dangers present. From wild animals to extreme weather and the threat of starvation, injury that could prove to be fatal, or the consumption of a poisonous plant, it is sometimes shocking to wonder how our species survived at all when there was so much danger lurking around every turn. Looking back at that era from our luxurious pedestals of modern civilization, it can be a common response to examine just how different things were back then for our early ancestors. But are things really so different, at least in terms of the amount of danger that threatens to harm us? We may have built cages around ourselves and the wild animals, grown more advanced in agriculture, science, and medicine in order to avoid what so easily could hav (more…)

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