One Ginormous Family

One of the things I like about Humanism is its scientific perspective.

 

Science teaches us that we humans are part of one ginormous family.

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Every human alive today is part of our family.

 

They are our brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles.

 

The mammals of earth are our cousins.

 

If we go back far enough, our great to the power of 150 millionth grandparents were fish and amphibians.

 

Heck, we’re even related to plants.

 

We have plant material embedded in our cells in the form of chloroplasts

 

It’s hard not to feel connected to all life on earth when you truly understand you are biologically related to all life on earth.  

 

It is awesome, truly awesome.

I love being part of this ginormous family of life.