The Problem Is That During The 1980s,

Humans Become Human Through Intense Learning Not Just Of Survival Skills But Of Customs And Social Mores, Kinship And Social Laws-that Is, Culture.

The Elephants Were Being Slaughtered In Masses. Some Were Even Killed In The Vicinity Of Big Tourist Hotels.

Culture Represents A Novelty In The World Of Nature, And It Could Have Added An Effective, Unifying Edge To The Forces Of Natural Selection.

For Fossils To Thrive, Certain Favorable Circumstances Are Required. First Of All, Of Course, Remnants Of Life Have To Be There. These Then Need To Be Washed Over With Water As Soon As Possible, So That The Bones Are Covered With A Layer Of Sediment.

To Have Arrived On This Earth As A Product Of A Biological Accident, Only To Depart Through Human Arrogance, Would Be The Ultimate Irony.