Written by: Kenia Contreras
Edited by: Kaitrin Freeland, Juan Mato
Illustrated by: Adriana Brown
Ancient hands pulled strings taut on bows beneath the young sun. Calloused hands spread tar across rooftops under summer heat. Tanned hands scrubbed grime from grout beneath crystal chandeliers. Now, gloved hands pipette beneath fluorescent laboratory lights.
Humanity has come a long way since Lucy, one of our earliest known human ancestors. Lucy, like many of our ancestors, had to put survival and instinct first; there was room for nothing else. Every hour was spent hunting, gathering, building, and enduring. Survival was not a choice. Before humanity could advance, our ancestors first had to withstand the brutality of the world around them.
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