In praise of - our ancestors.

THEY worked themselves to the bone so we could sit around today watching the world through screens and eating ready meals.

And now we're finding their bones scattered in the dust of Africa.

I'm talking about our ancient ancestors, the ones who waddled forth from the sea, climbed trees, did stuff with sticks, discovered fire, got into pottery, made swords and lived short lives.

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