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Human beings were human beings anatomically for several hundred thousand years, wandering around, hunting and gathering. And then suddenly, at the same time they started painting in caves they started multiplying.

Howard Rheingold

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Howard Rheingold
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 7
Essayist
Literary Critic
Sociologist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Started
Hunting
Around
Wander
Human
Several
Humans
Suddenly
Anatomically
Years
Beings
Multiplying
Time
Hundred
Wandering
Painting
Caves
Thousand
Gathering

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