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The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous.
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
Glyptodons were giant armadillos, the same size and shape as a Volkswagen Beetle.
CBI’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Chris Huizinga, a serious young man with black-rimmed glasses and pale-yellow hair.
“Romanski, chief detective, CSI Forensic Services; Dr. Huizinga, ME; Reno and Butler, CSI specialists.”
“Andrew Maximilian,” he said, approaching Cash and holding out his hand. “Chief of security, Erebus.”
“Bloodless by Preston and Child.” “Any good?” “So good I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get to sleep.”
“That’s the problem with science,” said Cash. “If something can be done, it will be done—no matter how dangerous.
When modern humans arrived in Europe is debatable, but the earliest modern human bones—found in Bulgaria, Italy, and Britain—date to around 45,000 years ago.* Following that time, modern humans began pouring into Europe and reproducing at an ever-increasing rate. Neanderthals, who had successfully lived in Europe for over 300,000 years, went extinct 39,000 years ago—that is, around six thousand years later. The timing of our arrival and their extinction is just too close to be coincidence.
