Introduction.
Humans are remarkable, and the human body is an amazing collection of parts, including thousands of kilometers of internal tubing. Did you know that, on average, one person eats 50 tonnes of food and drinks 50,000 liters of liquid in a lifetime?
Life on earth has changed more during the last hundred years than at any other time in history.
Human beings are the only creatures that wear clothes, because people's bodies don't have any fur or feathers to protect them.
Did you know that some nomadic people live in tents, so that they can move around looking for work or pasture for their animals?
People believe in many different gods and religions, and have done for thousands of years. Early humans believed their gods created geographical events such as thunderstorms.
Find out about people who have become famous in history for their daring deeds, or for helping others, or for things that they have created. * item
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