human
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He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
By examining how amphibians responded to those ancient changes, researchers may also gain insight into how similar animals could respond to human caused climate change today.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
County’s positive mosquito samples were 10 times higher this year than last and nationally, human cases were at a 20-year high for that point in the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Sharks will often use defensive or "exploratory" bites when presented by an unwelcome human in their personal space, he adds.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
This kind, human manner—perhaps he had simply found it more effective than brutality in tricking the truth from affection-starved people.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"We are dealing with humans, we are dealing with people. We cannot reduce them to, 'come see this site, pay this entrance fee'," Asare says.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
One of the peculiar things about these machines is that they seem to benefit from positive reinforcement, just like mere humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Once farmers and ranchers arrived in California, their stock of calves and pigs and crops were a bear buffet, and that got bears killed much more often than any unprovoked attacks on humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The scientists say there is reason for optimism because nonhuman primates and humans share important anatomical similarities.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
“It’s a bit of a joke that humans believe we’ll eat them,” said Bork.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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