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Above All We Must Realize That Each Of Us Makes A Difference With Our Life. Each Of Us Impacts The World Around Us Every Single Day. We Have A Choice To Use The Gift Of Our Life To Make The World A Better Place - Or Not To Bother

Louis [leakey] Was Anxious To Initiate A Scientific Study Of These Chimpanzees. It Would Be Difficult, He Emphasized, For Nothing Was Known; There Were No Guidelines For Such A Field Study; And The Habitat Was Remote And Rugged. Dangerous Wild Animals Would Be Living There, And Chimpanzees Themselves Were Considered At Least Four Times Stronger Than Humans. I Remember Wondering What Kind Of Scientist He Would Find For Such A Herculean Task.

Even When It Comes To Things Like Wars Over Oil, Which May Seem Like A Whole Different Ball Game, There Are Still Comparisons One Can Draw: Chimps Fight For Their Territory; They Fight For The Resources Within That Territory, So It Does Relate In A Way.

If We Start With Chimpanzees, They Differ From Us With The Composition Of The Dna By Only Just Over One Percent. So, As Far As Genetics Go, We're Almost Identical. The Composition Of The Blood, The Immune System, The Structure Of The Brain - Almost Identical.

You May Not Believe In Evolution, And That Is All Right. How We Humans Came To Be The Way We Are Is Far Less Important Than How We Should Act Now To Get Out Of The Mess We Have Made For Ourselves.