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Funny thing though. Evolution is gradual but evolutionary change happens in a blink. It’s like water dripping into a balloon one drop at a time. Takes a long time to fill up but when it does, the change is fast. In evolutionary terms the fast change is that moment of light at conception. Everything...

Why do we live for 50 to 80 years? Why do human beings live for 70 years on an average when the lifespan of a mayfly is less than a day? A butterfly can live for a couple of weeks or a few months; dogs can live between 8 to 15 years - why is it that different animals have different lifespans? AiR B...

I found this out about HS: "All people today are classified as Homo sapiens. Our species of humans first began to evolve nearly 200,000 years ago in association with technologies not unlike those of the early Neandertals. It is now clear that early Homo sapiens, or modern humans, did not come ...