humankind
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The scarcity of humankind makes those few people we do encounter gleam like ingots of gold on a sandy beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
That could produce difficulties for the cloned animals and for modern life, including the possible revival of prehistoric pathogens for which humankind has no defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
"I hope that today we plant the seeds of peace not only for Chinese people on both sides of the Strait, but for all humankind," Cheng said on Wednesday, in comments broadcast by Taiwanese media.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
"If we really come together, we can produce so much that's beneficial to humankind," says Sharman.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Cultures are like books, the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss once remarked, each a volume in the great library of humankind.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
