Nature has evolved for hundreds of millions of years, and animals and plants are still struggling to survive.
Don't you see the lions in the desert have been hungry for three days, walked more than 160 kilometers, and still found nothing. Where has the dignity of the king of the grassland gone?
Don't you see the sand pheasant flying nearly 200 kilometers round-trip every day, even if the natural enemy is close at hand, it still "gets water with its body" again and again in fear, hoping that it will not be the food in the belly of the goshawk this time, and all this is just for the chicks to have water drink.
In order to drink water before the mist disappears, the swarms need to climb the distance equivalent to twice that of Mount Everest to the top of the dunes to collect water, and on the way back, they may be captured by the long-awaited chameleon. become a meal in his belly.
Looking at nature, the stories of survival and reproduction are constantly being staged. Maybe this is the eternal melody of life.
On the other hand, human beings, although famine will break out at certain moments in history, although there are still many people who are hungry in many corners of the world, human beings are already much better than these neighbors around them.
When the hot sun scorched the vast land of Africa, the drought made water extremely scarce, and animals were forced to make great migrations, human ancestors had already learned to make utensils to store water for emergencies during the rainy season.
When the kings of the grasslands in Africa walked 160 kilometers in search of prey, and could not eat a piece of meat for three days, the ancestors of human beings had already learned to air-dry and smoke the excess food, make bows and arrows, and plan to drive a group of prey to the gorge. All in one go.
When wild horses fought for water and mating rights and risked their lives, humans cooperated with each other, shared water, and adopted monogamy in marriage.
Thus, human beings have become the masters of this planet. What Makes Humans Stand Out?
Millions of years ago, an ape accidentally rubbed wood to make a fire. It happily clucked and communicated with its companions, so the skill of rubbing a fire spread throughout the group.
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the vocal cord structure of the generation of apes suddenly mutated, not only can only make certain calls, but also can convey more varied and representative sounds. Thus, language is slowly produced. Large-scale cooperation has become possible, and humans are no longer afraid of lions.
For tens of thousands of years, human beings have successively invented and utilized stone tools, bronze tools, and iron tools. They can build houses with stone or wood, generate symbols and characters, and form larger-scale tribes and cities. No species on earth has gone as far as humans in the ability and extent to harness and transform nature.
The social organizational structure of human beings is becoming more and more complex, and the social division of labor is becoming more and more refined. Various achievements in exploring nature and society have been recorded in different categories, forming many complete disciplines: surveying, architecture, metallurgy, textiles, medicine, astronomy, animal husbandry, agriculture, fishing, etc., marking nomadic civilization, city-state civilization, farming. The successive emergence of civilization. Literature, art, religion, etc. also emerged one after another.
Beside the city walls of ancient Greece, Plato and his students are discussing what is good, what is friendship, what is friendship... Knock on the door of human self-reflection.
With the first roar of the steam train, the industrial civilization of mankind kicked off.
Copernicus vowed to refute that the earth is not the center of the universe. Galileo looked out of the earth with the telescope he made. A ripe apple hit Newton's brooding head, and the dawn of modern science could not be blocked.
With the discovery of special and general relativity, human beings have a deeper look at the universe.
With the establishment of the building of quantum mechanics, the mysteries of the microscopic world have been gradually grasped by human beings.
The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, human beings seem to have the hand of God.
The first behemoth made of transistors enables the transmission of information across thousands of mountains and rivers, opening the door to the information age.
I use my little knowledge to list and think about the history of human development. In the final analysis, this is the history of constantly grabbing God’s secrets. Humanity is flourishing like never before. Substances are extremely abundant, transportation is extremely convenient, and there are human figures in the sky, on the ground, and under water. The current earth has been occupied by human beings in all aspects, and human behavior has already reached the point where it can affect the survival of this planet. However, there are also many problems. Environmental pollution has intensified, natural resources have plummeted, the living space of wild animals and plants has been squeezed, and the number of wild animals and plants has been reduced or even extinct on a large scale. Global warming and glaciers are melting. What should human beings do now?
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