"You exist in this galaxy, you exist around this star, you exist on this planet, you are a member of this species — and all of these are part of knowing what you are." - David Christian
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How It All Began
In this hour, TED speakers explore our origins as a species — who we are, where we come from, where we're headed — and how we're connected to everything that came before us.
"Even as a paleontologist, I imagine them fighting, I imagine them roaming around; they still fuel my imagination." - Jack Horner
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"Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright-walking, big-brained, super-intelligent ape." - Louise Leakey
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"We have a whole lot of power over what lives or dies on this planet and we have to think very carefully about what that means and how we're using it." -Juan Enriqez
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"It's who they are, and it's where they want to take this country – I think that's what makes them so exciting and different." — Neil Howe
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