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What I am learning by digesting the subject from many different viewpoints/authors is that the "evolutionary tree" we were taught is actually more of a bush. So many forms of humans have walked the Earth and were evolved out of existence by a better model. I am also learning that Paleoanthropologists, while adding great knowledge to our human story they also inhibit it by not evolving with new discoveries.

I think this book is a nice summary of why it has taken so long to better understand our (human) evolution. Palaeoanthropology in a sense is very responsible for the divided human species we see today. The fossil record, DNA and such categorically prove we evolved here and divine entity played a part. Yet, probably 50% of the world believe we were created by a god. The past misinformation has distorted the truth.

When you settle into life there are times when you think back to when you were a kid wonder what you actually wanted to do in life. Me, all I ever wanted to be was an Air Force PJ, Pararescueman. Age 11 pretty much killed that dream, in high school I secretly tried to convince the AF recruiter the kidney thing would pass. They weren’t buying it but I got my fair share of crazy shit as a Medic anyway.

The impounded waters form an artificial lake named Powell, supposedly to honor but actually to dishonor the memory, spirit and vision of Major John Wesley Powell, first American to make a systematic exploration of the Colorado River and its environs.

We pit ourselves against the elements not so much to see them, but to test our mettle. This ritual of self-imposed challenge uses danger as a tool, as a way of guaranteeing the challenge is real. Without danger, we would have nothing to lose, and therefore nothing to gain.