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| | Lucy and Neandertal: Affection, Cognition, and The Magical Tomato |
 | | Lucy, the famous "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" (Donald Johanson's discovery), was an Australopithecus, as were the Laetoli footprints, in what is now Tanzania. |
 | | So, back in the days of Lucy and Habilis, (for 70,000 generations or so), pre-humans were beginning, in a far more deep and profound way, to "notice" one another; more individualized, and flatter, more readable faces, and more physical vulnerability. |
 | | From Lucy and Laetoli, to Habilis, to Erectus, to Neandertal, to Sapiens Sapiens, increasingly, shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip, belly to belly, and soul to soul. |
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