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Anthropologists'
recent discovery of a new branch in the origins of humankind is rewriting
our understanding of evolution.
Homo floresiensis, a small-brained, proto-human that apparently lived
on the islands of Indonesia as recently as several hundred years ago, walked
upright, used basic tools and, according to local legend, had the ability to
simulate human speech by “parroting” words without actual comprehension.
Most anthropologists believe that homo floresiensis became extinct
and only a skeletal record of their existence remains. A minority of
anthropologists, however, particularly those in the field of political
anthropology, are convinced that homo floresiensis did not go
extinct.
“In fact,” says Dr. Friedrich Nudelmann who is the chair of the political
anthropology department at the Spukenheim Universität of
Wahlgestohlen-Pferdapfel, “the evidence is overwhelming that this distant
relative of homo sapiens sapiens has flourished and continues to
thrive right under our noses.”
Dr. Nudelmann notes that while it may be difficult to obtain definitive DNA
proof for his contention, the anecdotal and empirical evidence prove that
homo floresiensis walk among us today.
“Look at this diagram,” says Dr. Nudelmann as he points to the large map
that hangs on his office wall. “In the United States, in particular, you can
see large swaths of the country, the so-called “red states”, where it is
obvious to even the untrained eye that the majority of the voting population
are small-brained creatures who are incapable of even the most rudimentary
ability to think.” Dr. Nudelmann then tapped his pointer gently on the
metropolis of Washington D.C. “I suspect,” he said clicking his tongue,
“that Mr. Bush, your current President, has a strong homo floresiensis
pedigree that accounts for his peculiarly small brain and his tendency to
repeat words without comprehension, much like a parrot. His father was like
that, too, you know,” whispered Dr. Nudelmann with an insightful nod.
Dr. Nudelmann's theory has sparked a debate among political anthropologists
around the globe where many have long asserted that humankind is certainly
not a single life form, but comprised of many sub-species of homo sapiens
sapiens.
Two such sub-species, according to classical political anthropology theory,
are homo deceptis deceptis and homo kleptograndis. Whereas one
of the true evolutionary advantages of homo sapiens sapienswas its
ability to lie, deceive, trap and trick other animals such that it might
thrive at their expense, homo deceptis deceptis evolved the ability
to deceive itself and others of its own specie. This
peculiarly advantageous characteristic has allowed homo deceptis deceptisto
thrive as politicians, televangelists and news/entertainment talking heads,
especially during the early years of the Twenty-first Century when the lack
of any sense of ethics, shame and honesty has been highly prized. Likewise,
another specie, homokleptograndis, has colonized large swaths of Wall
Street. This near relative of the human race is often found as directors and
officers of the world's largest multinational corporations. Most examples of
homo kleptograndis have unusually long fingers that they use for filching
money, and they typically also have a peculiar form of tunnel vision that
prevents them from seeing anything other than their short-term goals. They
are sometimes found to coexist with homo capitalisticus, an
intelligent, but otherwise also distinct race of sub-humans.
Homo capitalisticus and homo deceptis deceptis, although they
have a similar morphology in common with ordinary human beings, share a
strong genealogical connection with another living human dinosaur,
americalithicus imperialisticus. Americalithicus imperialisticus
actually has a large metallic exo-skeleton that people sometimes mistake for
an SUV. Whereas regular human beings are omnivores that eat meat and
vegetables, americalithicus imperialisticus are cannibals. They tend
to consume everyone and everything that gets in their way, including their
own children and the children of others. Americalithicus imperialisticus
also tend to consume large quantities of crude oil and high explosives.
Americalithicus imperialisticus seems to prey mostly on java man
and sheeple americalithicus.
Java man is a race that spends most of its time blissfully sipping
milk-diluted, overpriced coffee, drinking low calorie beer and going
shopping. This poor creature is utterly oblivious to the predations of
americalithicus imperialisticus. In addition to java man,
sheeple americalithicus, in particular, forms a large part of the
carnivorous diet of americalithicus imperialisticus. Although the
sheeple seem to believe that they are the world's top dogs”, they are
utterly incapable of recognizing that, in reality, they are mere “dog food”
in the food chain of the predator species that leads and feeds on them.
Whereas homo sapiens sapiens first congregated in caves, and later
developed agriculture and urban living, sheeple amercalithicus have
always lived in large clusters of amorphous suburbs where they allow
themselves to be herded and dominated by republicanus neanderthalis.
Republicanus neanderthalis, and its related specie, homo imbicilus
religicus, are currently the dominant humanoid specie. However, there is
a strong likelihood that, based on their current behavior, republicanus
neanderthalis and homo imbicilus religicus soon will be raptured
into extinction caused by global warming and a rapidly escalating world war
for increasingly scarce fossil fuels and other natural resources.
Assuming that humankind endures -- an unlikely, merely theoretical
possibility that political anthropologists academically debate -- it is
probable that Thinking Man, homo sapiens sapiens, will finally emerge
from the shadow of its lesser, non-rational relatives, and assume its role
at the top of what remains of the world's biosystems.
Zbignew Zingh can be reached at
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