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From early on, what has set the human species apart from all others is the ability to direct ever-increasing power toward our ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The thrust of the tale is that we are the only surviving human species among several that once roamed the Earth, a line that has been around more than 300,000 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

The human species, Huxley affirms, should embrace transhumanism: “man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature.”

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

Even if some of these newer revelations are true, what would this mean for us as a human species?

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024

Many animals and human species could previously say, ‘Careful! A lion!’

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari