| 单词 | humans |
| 例句 | All around the walls and on the floor was the evidence of the lowest impulses to which humans could sink: one could not call the cruel remains of sacrifices bestial, for beasts have dignity. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Once, when he was helping the Retrieval boys scrape some pod wreckage off a tunnel wall, they were spotted by a group of potholing humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A commitment to color consciousness, by contrast, places faith in our capacity as humans to show care and concern for others, even as we are fully cognizant of race and possible racial differences. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to leave the spot his humans would return to. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They traded a life of being hunted in the wild for a life of being raised, bred, and eaten by humans. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Had I not followed God’s orders to stop these fallen angels from living with the humans, then people, us, everyone, would have been taught to be as smart and powerful as God himself?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It called the research “horrendous” and said the researchers should leave humans alone and “go back to their yeasts and fungi.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z If anything, it stood even more upright: at the end of the long chain of adaptive evolution was the well-adjusted, best-erected, most perfected mammal of them all: humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z That feeling that reminds you how massive this world is, how tiny but powerful humans are. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She left her dogs to run wild and tended every need, cared for the humans she loved and, although she never would admit it, loved even more than she loved her dogs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In fact, of the 2,500 kinds of mosquitoes that infest the world, almost 400 of them are capable of transmitting diseases to humans. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Ebola Zaire is a slate wiper in humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was interested only in humans my own age and size, and could not generate any enthusiasm at the prospect of being a mother. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Family lore had it that he possessed unexplained skills and senses, that his nimble hands could spirit away afflictions in both humans and animals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She rattled off a bunch of numbers that the other humans cheered. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In fifteen seconds, he was leaping directly toward the two humans in an unsteady canter. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Alice was gone and, seeing no other humans, he followed the scent of the game. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Before this observation, scientists had thought that only humans could make tools. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In Ka’apor-managed forests, according to Balee’s plant inventories, almost half of the ecologically important species are those used by humans for food. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That removed the last serious barrier between Alaska and Patagonia for modern humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Until the late modern era, more than 90 per cent of humans were peasants who rose each morning to till the land by the sweat of their brows. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Josiah said that only humans had to endure anything, because only humans resisted what they saw outside themselves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think aliens are a lot more advanced than humans, or do you think they’d look at us and think we were the Japan of the universe?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Without Haynes’s ice-free corridor, it is hard to imagine how humans could have made it to the south. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ghosts, the citadel, and hating the humans who hated them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He wasn’t angry or even disappointed with them—he accepted that all humans had weaknesses—but he was insistent that everybody take their medicine, even if that meant someone from the clinic tracking them down. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They also found the ijji, a huge and hideous race that kept humans as slaves, pets, or food, depending on the version of the tale. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “My research concerns only the behavior of humans and animals,” he replied. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Only a small percentage of wild mammal species ended up in happy marriages with humans, by virtue of compatibility on all those separate counts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We sent photographs of humans from all over the world caring for one another, learning, fabricating tools and art and responding to challenges. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The common impression that pre-agricultural humans lived in an age of stone is a misconception based on this archaeological bias. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably the stars had daemons just as humans did, and experimental theology involved talking to them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We must make every effort to understand that our fellow humans, all over the world, are human. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On summer mornings at sunup, San Francisquito Canyon is one of the most perfect places on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z To supporters of Darwin's recently published theory of evolution, the find proved that the ancestors of modern humans had lived during the Ice Ages, tens of thousands of years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Tam Lin might have said there was no difference between humans and clones, but everything in Matt’s experience argued against it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. I see. I see now. But I don’t think that’s going to work out. You’re human, and humans feel anger.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And Sarai had become the weapon Minya wanted her to be, and punished humans in the only way she could: through their dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Why? So you can put things in it? I’m not forgiving your humans, if that’s what you think.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Anatomically modern humans may have settled Australia before they settled western Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She appears, overall—I don’t know how to say—like maybe a fawn who grew up with humans. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She began to wonder if any humans had ever managed to disentangle themselves from a fairy contract. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z How, then, was it possible for humans and animals to have crossed the immense Pacific? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had enough to worry about with the humans in his life. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He don’t usually care for the taste of humans, but when he’s this hungry he ain’t so discriminating!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z This is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases that could kill other primates, including humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An octopus that contains enough venom to kill twenty-six humans. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Fish and Wildlife Service has found it necessary to express serious concern over this trend, pointing out that “parathion treated areas constitute a potential hazard to humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Some people claim that dogs’ mouths are cleaner than humans’ mouths. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I try to recall other keepers I have known—the humans who cleaned my domain and prepared my food and sometimes kept me company. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z If the animal life can eat it, it is safe for humans. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And if ever my faith in the essential saintliness of humans becomes tattered, I shall think of that evil-looking man. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The law is very clear. All clones are classified as livestock because they’re grown inside cows. Cows can’t give birth to humans.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Back long before humans,’ he said, and his voice was soft and cracked and frail. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Easy access from the air, but remote and desolate for land-bound humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Their humans accepted the outcome without resentment, on the whole, so Lyra knew that Annie would do as she asked. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I consider the park bench for a minute, but mostly I think about the different kinds of animals and humans that go through the park at night, and I decide to head home. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The neurochemistry of the brain is astonishingly busy, the circuitry of a machine more wonderful than any devised by humans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The fool barked. Like when humans say, ‘Speak!’ Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across—hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible waste management, if you ask me.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The sea barrier prevented not just humans but also many other Afro-Asian animals and plants from reaching this ‘Outer World’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, because the poisonous chemicals get widely distributed, humans may become sick, too. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z An obvious possible answer is that they were killed off or else eliminated indirectly by the first arriving humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That means that all modern humans arose from a very small population base, which would explain our lack of genetic diversity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z You feel lost, sick at heart before such unmasked hatred, not so much because it threatens you as because it shows humans in such an inhuman light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The humans got to their knees and bowed back, so Gregor did the same. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z All humans presumably did so too, until improved technology for extracting food allowed some hunter-gatherers to settle in permanent dwellings in some resource-rich areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was swept by the memory of his humans’ car roaring away in its stinging spray of gravel. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z What was it capable of doing to humans? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Galapagos Islands, to give one famous example, remained uninhabited by humans until the nineteenth century, thus preserving their unique menagerie, including their giant tortoises, which, like the ancient diprotodons, show no fear of humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the marks were made by the spirits, some were made by humans; others were drawn by a giant race of people who had lived on earth in the old days and had disappeared. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I told Mrs. Liebow, my English teacher, and she said that it was what separated heroes from humans, the not giving in, and I hadn’t understood that. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And if the People were actually related to humans, as another theory had it, odds are that the Emerald Isle was where it started. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Then, the first humans, Original Man, were a black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Prehistory was a phase of evolution during which humans learned how to maintain themselves against a hostile environment. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We humans would appear only to witness those final, gasping breaths. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z For thousands of years humans were oppressed—as some of us still are—by the notion that the universe is a marionette whose strings are pulled by a god or gods, unseen and inscrutable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is permissible to say this sort of thing about humans. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the sixth day, I came in contact with humans. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A pathologist at the Institute had inspected the meat very carefully and had given it a tentative diagnosis of simian hemorrhagic fever—harmless to humans, lethal to monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When humans domesticated fire, they gained control of an obedient and potentially limitless force. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The kill rate in humans infected with, Ebola Zaire is nine out of ten. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the same way, the early unconscious stages of crop evolution from wild plants consisted of plants evolving in ways that attracted humans to eat and disperse their fruit without yet intentionally growing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “We humans will never know how meadows or mountains smell, but deer and horses and pigs do.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A deafening horn blew, and the entire crowd of people who’d so far done a remarkable imitation of completely normal humans morphed into these rampaging beasts looking for free carnival rides. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Most of the humans had such a low opinion of them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There are humans all over the place, driving in cars and flying in airplanes. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Is there something humans possess that makes us worth saving? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As humans spread around the world, so did their domesticated animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This made things more and more uncomfortable for the humans until at last Bree said, "And now, Tarkheena, tell us your story. And don't hurry it—I'm feeling comfortable now." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z We might even imagine a kind of Martian Johnny Appleseed, robot or human, roaming the frozen polar wastes in an endeavor that benefits only the generations of humans to come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jenna did her report about dolphins, whose hearing, she said, is ten times better than humans’. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On another Indonesian island—the small island of Flores—archaic humans underwent a process of dwarfing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The crawlers would make better friends than enemies, and humans shouldn’t go around insulting them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “He looked all broken up. I don’t think he will be good for another race. Horses, mister, can have crushed hearts just like humans.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We both agreed that American society makes it next to impossible for humans to meet in America and not be conscious of their color differences. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On the walls between the arches hung tapestries woven with scenes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, tales of gods and humans transformed by love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The masklike face, the red eyes, and the bloody nose were classic signs of Ebola that appear in all primates infected with the virus, both monkeys and humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But, as so often happens in stories, animals proved kinder than humans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside us, we all still have the best parts of what humans should be. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “Well, for thousands of years, humans have believed that birds will guide souls to the place of the dead.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Bad humans killed my family, and bad humans sent me here. But that day in the hole, it was humans who saved me.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “If humans are so swell, who did that to her?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Why do humans swing their arms as they walk? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z This is why it took humans hundreds of thousands of years to make these steps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Among wild plant and animal species, only a small minority are edible to humans or worth hunting or gathering. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Within a couple of millennia, humans in many parts of the world were doing little from dawn to dusk other than taking care of wheat plants. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The other societies illustrate the important point that distance as the crow flies is not an appropriate measure of isolation for humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What is actually going on in those stages, as an exclusive disease of animals transforms itself into an exclusive disease of humans? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The mammoths of Wrangel continued to prosper for a few more millennia, then suddenly disappeared about 4,000 years ago, just when the first humans reached the island. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are very lucky. It’s not every day Holy Beings present themselves to humans, especially in this day and age.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In the late twentieth century humans did not much die of plague—not because it was absent, but because resistance was high. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there are little unborn humans, some whole and others sliced thin and mounted on slides. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “For hundreds of years, the fire snake trailed the humans on their exodus.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Did you know that toxoplasmosis and campylobacteriosis are transmitted to humans from the fecal matter of cats?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Only androids show up with false memory systems; it’s been found ineffective in humans.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He needed to find someone to replace him; otherwise he would have to talk to Mother Water Monster, who was certainly still very angry with all humans. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I told him, “Oskar’s CPU is a neural-net processor. A learning computer. The more contact he has with humans, the more he learns.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "What quarrelsome creatures these humans are," said Bree to the mare. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Birds, humans, slugs—every animal—because instincts come from within the brain and the heart. They are hardwired, not learned but programmed into you.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We humans also have a palpable devotion to exchanging segments of DNA today. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax trained his nose to the humans’ camp, which, as always, tortured him with its rich food scents. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “We water monsters are forbidden from sharing our songs with humans,” Pond said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z After the uprising and the liberation, the humans had been kept very busy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “He’s just a dog, not a human being! Even humans leave people they love!” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “His first episode aired tonight. And oh, how the humans gushed about him. Did you know that they’re now introducing the show as Dog Squad Starring Fred as Duke?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was as though his disdain of human contact had converted itself into a craving for things humans had touched. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax was aware of his hunger now, but his thirst was worse—he’d had nothing to drink since leaving his humans’ house. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The man had used it on him often at the door of the humans’ house, at the door of his pen: Go through, it meant. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “And you remember they don’t think of us as humans, just commodities.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Better to stay inconspicuous and let the humans have their stereotypes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Because she will not think we are a threat. We are three humans with a tiny little dagger.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Roasted meat, the kind his humans sometimes cooked over a fire in the yard. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At times like that, I wish humans could understand me the way I can understand them. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z This is the story I believe in: When God was a child, the Rift Valley cradled a caldron of bare necessities, and out of it walked the first humans upright on two legs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the humans were in the field. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And humans had the cassava roots all to themselves, since pigs, porcupines, and other animals wouldn’t touch them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He made it out to read, in cursive and black ink: The angels taught the humans too much. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Then why didn’t humans abandon farming when the plan backfired? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And because the Texan aeronaut was one of the very few humans Iorek had ever esteemed, he accepted the man’s last gift to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They were, after all, what the humans had used in the nursery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As for Eurasia’s head start, humans have occupied Eurasia for about a million years, far longer than they have lived in the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Just as modern humans walked up to unafraid dodos and island seals and killed them, prehistoric humans presumably walked up to unafraid moas and giant lemurs and killed them too. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When Gram saw them, they had butterfly wings and hats and tunics made with bits of thread and spare buttons they had managed to pluck from unsuspecting humans who wandered too close to the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Probably trying to figure out what the ridiculous humans are up to.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z If heredity too had a universal natural law, then it was likely influencing the genesis of peas as much as the genesis of humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Nonetheless, you will come with me. Ready these little humans. Pack light. We ride before dark.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Elgon forest towered around their campsite, a web of gnarled African olive trees hung with moss and creepers and dotted with a black olive that is poisonous to humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, as humans we can and sometimes should learn to rise above our instincts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Were the Australian extinction an isolated event, we could grant humans the benefit of the doubt. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Around that time, a population of African apes broke up into several populations, of which one proceeded to evolve into modern gorillas, a second into the two modern chimps, and the third into humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Among all the world’s large creatures, the only survivors of the human flood will be humans themselves, and the farmyard animals that serve as galley slaves in Noah’s Ark. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They were mostly self-pollinating: that is, the crop varieties could pollinate themselves and pass on their own desirable genes unchanged, instead of having to hybridize with other varieties less useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I must be at the road when my humans come for me. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “The composition of the human species is infinitely more diverse than most humans suspect,” she began. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A store is where humans buy things they need to survive. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z In some cases dead dogs were even buried ceremoniously, much like humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Your parents are adult humans, Pet replied, pulling on the thought behind the words. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z This is the time when humans have begun to sail the sea of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The dogs and humans rehearsed for three full weeks. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “If it won’t respond to humans, then it will have to be killed,” Dorian said offhandedly, and a spark went through Celaena. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Here, we suggest that humans so willingly self- disclose because doing so represents an event with intrinsic value, in the same way as with primary awards such as food and sex.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Today the humans lead me to a door. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z There were some alarms and emergencies, but the combined intelligence of the humans on Earth and the robot in space circumvented disaster. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She led the strongest of her new kits—my sister—and me to the humans’ farm. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Africa is the continent where protohumans evolved for the longest time, where anatomically modern humans may also have arisen, and where native diseases like malaria and yellow fever killed European explorers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If white sharks were heading north, what if humans had to adapt? The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jackson said, “The old folks what seent it say God took a notion to scratch his forefinger along the earth, meddling with humans jus’ for a laugh. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see well through the fog and the dark, but the invaders seemed to be humanlike dolphins, or dolphinlike humans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He just pushed past the part of the conversation where they would honor each other as humans, and started making requests, as if Hassan was a servant. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As I have said, understanding what chimpanzees are like has made me realize that we humans are not so different from other animals as we used to think. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Thereafter, the garbage preserved at archaeological sites rapidly becomes more and more interesting and leaves no doubt that we are dealing with biologically and behaviorally modern humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “What if the humans...we, that is...What if we had woken up?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Again, he veered away from simple organisms, hoping to jump straight into humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But the Star gave the humans unnatural power, and so the lesser creatures fled, disappearing into the deep places to wait out the war. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In fact, the scores on those four dimensions are so different as to make you think you are looking at two different species of humans. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It is to stain their nobility, to make them vulnerable, fallible, breakable humans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In her hearts, she had never and could never make that choice—humans over her own kind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Despite the benefits of fire, 150,000 years ago humans were still marginal creatures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, some forest trees in areas of wet climate do produce big edible seeds, but these seeds are not adapted to surviving a long dry season and hence to long storage by humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I’ve learned to understand human words over the years, but understanding human speech is not the same as understanding humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The sluggers were so fundamentally different from humans that it was a wonder they understood me at all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Humans being humans and sex being sex, that prohibition never stopped anyone. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To awaken them is to reveal that they are an empire of humans and, like all empires of humans, are built on the destruction of the body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z On the other side of the mat, they looked like humans from the waist up, but from the waist down they were snakes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But he remembered from his science and technology studies at school that the search planes used heat-seeking devices which could identify body warmth and would home in on two humans huddled in shrubbery. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Its preferred prey is humans, which Magizoologists speculate is the result of the cruelty with which Phineas Fletcher was known to treat the unfortunate creatures in his power. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If genetic modules are so autonomous, then why—to turn Morgan’s riddle on its head—are legs not growing out of fly’s heads, or humans not born with thumbs emerging from our noses? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At Princeton, researchers used imaging techniques in monkeys and humans to validate and further the understanding of what happens when the brain is asked to consider two different sources of information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But long before, it had been codified into law, digested in the guts of children along with their biscuits and milk: we weren't humans, but infectious vermin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In fact, it was good in a way, for in Old Tallow’s look there was true affection, something she didn’t feel for other humans. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Omega-6 is another fatty acid essential to humans. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “A zoo, Ruby, is a place where humans make amends. A good zoo is a place where humans care for animals and keep them safe.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Sasha didn’t seem to need other people much; in fact, they often said that the world would be better off without humans in it at all. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But Gray had seen no humans at all since the time he had lived with them in his youth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There is still no type specimen for modern humans. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She looked at them all and they were just sleeping humans, so vulnerable with their slack mouths and their long pale toes poking out from under the covers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dylan checks his phone, like we’re not even talking, which is my least favorite thing about humans. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z From there, Pax had a clear view downstream to the humans. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But introspection gives us far more insight into the ways of other humans than into those of dinosaurs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They were also the first humans to leave behind strong evidence of burying their dead and caring for their sick. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As it loomed up, it seemed to the fox to be as large as the house his humans lived in. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She decided to warn them about other humans and the dangers they posed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The boys became cautious as humans always are, faced with a new situation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s important to remember that while humans use plants and other animals, it’s not a one-way street. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Once you join the residents in forgetting about the functioning humans they once were, you can think of them as a band of wizened toddlers at a tea party. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d only felt the weight of hatred humans had for such things. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, humans have the most sweat glands on the bottom of their feet.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One by one, they went to their mother and pleaded forgiveness for the humans — hut even their words did not soften their mother's cold keart. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Cane was probably first cultivated by humans on the island some five thousand years or more before the Greeks. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Now, up close, I saw they weren't demons, but seriously infected humans. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Taking the fundamental ideas behind Gale’s traps and adapting them into weapons against humans. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ever since then, the dove has been able to give epilepsy to humans. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If the corn could, it would laugh at us, the humans eating and drinking it as fast as they can. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It did not know what humans are; or perhaps you could say that it knew only too well what humans are: it knew that humans are meat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was beginning to wonder whether humans were actually any better than giants. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She took me to that house of humans, which was filled with all manner of love, put me in the bed, put Exodus on the CD player, and turned the volume down to a whisper. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Tendencies to kill humans have disqualified many otherwise seemingly ideal candidates for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They’re literally like birds’ nests for humans, with windows and doors. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The mountain lions had either died or migrated, and the humans were now facing the same two alternatives. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And then, only a few million years ago, the first true humans emerged. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d rather trust a bunch of humans not to hunt a species to extinction than trust an LEP consultant, thought Mulch. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think that since your mom doesn’t want humans in her home, sending a human is a bad idea?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Because humans are complicated beasts, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Relativity does set limits on what humans can ultimately do. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it the collective scream of humans and animals protesting their oncoming death? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Why had he always been so terrified of humans? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “I wish all humans had your qualities, Nathan. The Fourth World wouldn’t be in such a mess as it is now,” Wind Being said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z After our show, humans forage through the stores. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z After gathering the remaining fragments of Lee’s body into a single heap, the bear lifted the flower in his mouth and dropped it in the center of them, as humans liked to do. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z So many stars, it seemed like a celebration, a grand, illicit party the galaxy was holding after the humans had been put to bed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be an alarmist, but I know of nothing humans can do to return the moon to its orbit.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Grandpa Firewood said, “Family, we shall not bite humans whilst they attend to their business! Nathan, we shall have your sash ready in half of a moon cycle.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Were the reported tools at the site really tools made by humans, or just natural rock shapes? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "And now that we've got the water between us and those dreadful animals, what about you two humans taking off our saddles and our all having a rest and hearing one another's stories." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z A beam of sunlight slanted into the rotunda and glowed on the floor, like Zeus was up there with a magnifying glass, trying to fry puny humans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The animals in her stories were always smarter than humans, and capable of making complex moral decisions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Nico doubted they could blend in with humans as easily as Chiron did. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We were clinging to our mother, my sister and I, when the humans killed her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “They have peace with both humans and rats now. They do not want to unseat it.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The book met with mixed reviews—some people were, of course, angry at the argument that humans and animals have a common ancestor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Advocates of pre-Clovis settlement suggest that, for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, pre-Clovis humans remained at low population densities or poorly visible archaeologically, for unknown reasons unprecedented elsewhere in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He felt the nearest graves, the bones of forgotten humans buried and scattered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then God spoke to Noah, the great-grandson of Enoch, instructing him to save his family and the animals from the great flood that would cleanse the Earth of the corrupted humans. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Hence the megafauna probably became extinct soon after humans reached Australia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hrdlicka had seen the Neanderthal skeletons, which did not resemble those of modern humans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Frustrated, Galton switched to the study of humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Volk had spent a decade searching for Ice Age humans in New Jersey. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The first evidence for tool production dates from about 2.5 million years ago, and the manufacture and use of tools are the criteria by which archaeologists recognise ancient humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like trying to imagine any falsehood: that the sun revolves around the earth; that humans can fly; that the world is nonviolent. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “We humans are not supposed to eat with utensils,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I know I don’t have a birthday like humans,” Matt said, “but I was born. Or something like it.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the way you humans talk about the abstract one. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But once again, humans figured out a way to safely eat cassava, by pounding and then cooking it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z What would it mean about God’s creation if apes and humans were related? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no sign of the humans, but their scents were fresh and even sharper than before. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I think I see what Keegan is getting at—humans have innate impulses toward violence, yet today we try to deny it—but the momentum of his presentation pushes in the other direction. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z "Yes it is. Anyway, I find the biggest branch and tie myself to the trunk with a rope so I don't fall off. Up here, I'm safe from stray dogs and cats—and humans." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Then I think about how many humans might have wandered in with the same intentions, and I realize that my brain short-circuited and kicked out the wrong image. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “A good zoo is how humans make amends.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They have humans who dangle on ropes twining from the tops of tents. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Because the song is dangerous to humans. I’m only allowed to sing it with Pond and Darkness, when I am protected by moon sand.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Exactly. Do you see, Rasheed? Yet another example of humans deciding what to do with time. With opportunity! How often do you think they make the right decisions?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell them I’d only met a camel once, on a trip to Canada, and that the camel was infinitely kinder than the humans I’d met. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But Van Houten: The marks humans leave are too often scars. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Count back three billion hours, and modern humans don’t exist—just wild-eyed cave people, all hairy and grunting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There are killer ants that lunge at humans. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The rebel passed the first few cottages, so snug and inviting to his comfort-loving soul—smoke rising in the still evening air, and the reassuring smell and sounds of humans everywhere. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her crow hunted mice these lean days with more savage intentions than when merely keeping them away from his family of humans. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z As long as there have been humans, we have searched for our place in the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There are even certain humans with a bent for the talent. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “In just twenty-seven years I’ve already observed half the animals and nearly all the humans.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z During most of recorded history property could be owned only by flesh-and-blood humans, the kind that stood on two legs and had big brains. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It meant “One should eat vegetables, not humans, because vegetables taste more delicious.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He sensed that other humans lived along this road, but he had never encountered them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z On the other hand, perhaps at least some humans in any large area of the globe would have been receptive to the experimentation that led to domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “To imply the Cro-Magnon were lug heads is wrong. They exhibited a cranial capacity approximately sixteen hundred cubic centimeters larger than modern-day humans.’ Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Minya’s army was waiting just inside the open door in Sarai’s room, ready to ambush the humans the moment they landed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If he gives up in despair because none of the dumb humans seem to understand or care, he may lie down. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z If they were happy, there was plenty of food, and humans were happy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The number of bears in the park is not large—estimates range from 400 to 600—but they are a chronic problem because so many of them have lost their fear of humans. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We humans cannot prove everything; we cannot understand everything, Emma told her husband. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In this chapter, we will examine the following questions: Is music innate to humans? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Of course humans can’t eat grass, any more than you could eat a mutton chop.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The tree rats don’t seem to have any fear of humans, so I take down three easily. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z West of here, where the war is already, where the humans are killing each other, the land is completely ruined. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They do not tolerate each other, they do not imprint on humans, and they are not instinctively submissive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On another channel, the pundits talk about how lazy humans are, and how if they’d just go out there and get jobs, they’d be much happier. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, a great amount of the research is of little or no use to humans. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In the book, the rabbits had come across this warren—this community—that accepted food handouts from humans in exchange for accepting that some of them would be killed by the same humans in return. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The heavily illustrated volume, just 165 pages long, presented incontrovertible evidence that humans and chimpanzees were built to the same body plan. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They must remain hidden, and give the humans no hint that they were here, or that, unthinkably, five abominations had survived the Carnage and eked out an existence here for fifteen years. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Archaic humans paid for their large brains in two ways. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If the humans were aware of a fairy subculture, it was only a matter of time before the two species went to war. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Among the terriers he stalked imperiously, and Toots and Ysabel he utterly ignored, for he was king,—king over all creeping, crawling, flying things of Judge Miller’s place, humans included. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z I can tell because there's no gravity and there are other humans around. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “That kind of immortality is not for us humans. It would just drive us mad.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z These humans were more muscular than Sapiens, had larger brains, and were better adapted to cold climes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, in the early days of humans, the community was our only protection against predators, and against starvation. We survived because we trusted one another.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Several hundred bats and humans sat on elevated bleachers that rose up around a central stage. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Remember, humans are omnivorous apes who thrive on a wide variety of foods. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Under wild conditions those are members of their own species, but captive young herd animals also see humans nearby and imprint on humans as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I hardly think she will confess to showing humans the Book. In any case, I mixed a slight amnesiac into her second injection. When she finally wakes up, the last week will be a blur.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And what if, at that point, it realized it had three highly edible humans sitting on its back? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She was mimicking what she’d seen the gardeners do — after all, she’d spent more of her life with humans than with bonobos. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Garland snapped, “I think you’re right; it would seem we lack a specific talent you humans possess. I believe it’s called empathy.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Once, when he was very young, Pax had found a hard white orb while exploring his humans’ kitchen counter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When we must fight other humans, injure and kill them, we also injure a part of ourselves. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s a fun fact,” Mr. Chang says, “if humans bomb the planet with their nuclear arsenal, the only life left on Earth will be cockroaches. Only they can survive the toxic fallout.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Animals don’t seem to suffer from emotions the way humans do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They had been deliberately created by humans—by the selective breeding of variants from the same ancestral cow. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It is thought that the virus went through a series of very rapid mutations at the time of its jump from primates to humans, which enabled it to establish itself successfully in people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While Tater gushed, all the humans heard was a frantic series of high-pitched yaps. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z You can only throw so many me-balls at humans before you get bored. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Prior to the cognitive revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively on the Afro-Asian landmass. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The evidence for a localized origin of modern humans, followed by their spread and then their replacement of other types of humans elsewhere, seems strongest for Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Wheat was thirsty, so humans dug irrigation canals or lugged heavy buckets from the well to water it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the humans had begun experimenting with mineral drilling, more and more fairies had been driven out of the shallow forts and into the depth and security of Haven City. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t know you were so concerned about me or my humans. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It would be difficult to explain to a dog the good and moral purpose of a thousand humans gathered to curse one tiny human. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The relatively slow reaction time of humans “wasn’t clear until the pressure on people started to rise.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mice, as far as I can see, have only two enemies, humans and cats. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z They seem to find it odd, the sight of a gorilla staring at tiny humans in a box. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The Huntsman reached the Queen first and bowed deeply before introducing the humans. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Every day at two, four, and seven, humans fan themselves, drink sodas, applaud. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He read that the angels had taught humans the art of war, had taught them astrology, anatomy. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Leo doubted Hazel would consider that a compliment, but, as far as humans went, Hazel was first-rate craftsmanship. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The tragedy opens with a scene showing a rich and varied population of large animals, without any trace of humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z How betrayed by humans the bird must feel, she thought guiltily. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Moreover, as we shall see in the last chapter of the book, in the not so distant future we might again have to contend with non-sapiens humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you run the Voigt-Kampff scale up there, if one of the humans fails to pass it—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He looked out of place among humans, like an ogre in a storybook. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarai knew the scents of humans, and the rhythms of their breathing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Its roots stretch back to the dawn of mathematics, in the time thousands of years before the first civilization, long before humans could read and write. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Normally, it's not an ideal way to grow crops, because it spreads disease: Human waste has pathogens in it that, you guessed it, infect humans. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the antibiotics sold in America today are for animal feed, not for humans. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The question was, could humans decipher their code? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I’ve watched many humans watch me, but never have they looked so happy. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z A Fairfax newspaper published an editorial arguing that the bombing was beyond comprehension—“beyond our power to realize that humans would stoop so low.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On extremely cold days, the towns are covered in a fog caused by the breath of humans and animals. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z More important, a specific part of the brain of humans and other primates — the region known as the neocortex, which deals with complex thought and reasoning — is huge by mammal standards. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Solar cells are great in the short term, and they're good for the long term if you have humans around to clean them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I said at the outset of this chapter that societies classified in the same category are not all identical to each other, because humans and human groups are infinitely diverse. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The establishment was pretty trashed, and there were forty humans out for the count. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She pushed herself upright and looked at the three humans. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z One respect in which rabbits’ lives are less complicated than those of humans is that they are not ashamed to use force. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered whether Sidhean and his kind marked Yule in the same way that humans did. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I say vague things about how we humans painted landscapes sometimes, too, and that I’m painting the world I want to live in: a world of adventure but also of ancient beauty. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But I still was not too sure about the demon girl, and I had heard about fox demonesses luring humans to their deaths. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anatsou will show the humans the meadow where it lives, if they would like. It is just up ahead.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z From sunrise to sunset humans sowed seeds, watered plants, plucked weeds from the ground and led sheep to prime pastures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, a still day when the hot air hummed, the humans came. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z In order to reach Australia, humans had to cross a number of sea channels, some more than 60 miles wide, and upon arrival they had to adapt nearly overnight to a completely new ecosystem. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The reason we say that humans have free will is because we can’t predict what they will do. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And if the People were anything like humans, they saw what they wanted to see. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z No humans are here, but they are approaching. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “We? We humans kill the Overlanders? I know of your world, of the evils that transpire there. But we do not kill for sport!” said Vikus severely. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t changed much since last winter, maybe because satyrs age half as fast as humans. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And cutting up vegetables are two sunken-cheeked humans, a boy and a girl, both of them with small, stupid smiles on their faces and glazed-over looks in their eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She says, “Ivan, why is your tummy so big?” and “Have you ever seen a green giraffe?” and “Can you get me one of those pink clouds that the humans are eating?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “He’ll be interested to learn that humans can use their magic against them,” Char said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “For a few seconds. Suspends its respiration; yours, too, but humans can function without respiring—perspiring?—for a couple of minutes, but the vagus nerve of an andy—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The vixen will never welcome you, because you have lived with humans. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But as soon as the three humans were gone, he scurried back to the fence to finish digging his escape tunnel. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A 15,000-year bond has yielded a much deeper understanding and affection between humans and dogs than between humans and any other animal. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There are humans who hunt and slaughter whales and market the products for lipstick or industrial lubricant. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s vastly preferable to assume the shape of a bird when observing humans,” she explained. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Right. And when humans began to migrate, they took magic with them all over the world.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z As huge as manatees are, they feed strictly on vegetation and have no appetite for humans. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We have already seen that plant domestication involves the modification of wild plants so that they become more useful to humans by virtue of larger seeds, a less bitter taste, or other qualities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Stella says that humans found it odd that the huge silverback didn’t kill the boy. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Both sides saw the obvious advantages to joining together. But beyond our alliance, individual bats and humans may form their own union. That is called bonding.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And if there are cycles in the years of humans, might there not be cycles in the aeons of the gods? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After she refused to return home, Sky sent rain and lightning and wind to drown the first humans. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Recognizing a sound’s timbre is significant to humans in that it helps us to distinguish the source of the sound, i.e. who is calling us—our parents, friends, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His humans would peel these layers, one by one, and study them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Poised to run but unsure of us, unfamiliar with humans. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Your officer helped the humans,” he blurted, mustering as much indignation as possible. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z After all, they are watching the clockwork of the heavens—a clockwork that does not hiccup on leap years or reset itself every time humans decide to change the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But I know there are also humans who make bad bargains or offend the wrong faerie and who are not treated so well. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “When you force humans into a subhuman mode of existence, this always happens. Deprive a man of any contact with the pleasures of the spirit and he’ll fall completely into those of the flesh.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Supplies aren't nearly so fragile as humans and can hit the ground really hard. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The measurement of variance and heredity in humans, Galton reasoned, should unlock the secret. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The elephant birds and the giant lemurs, along with most of the other large animals of Madagascar, suddenly vanished about 1,500 years ago—precisely when the first humans set foot on the island. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Similar patterns probably dominated the social lives of early humans, including archaic Homo sapiens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, typhus was initially transmitted between rats by rat fleas, which sufficed for a while to transfer typhus from rats to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And I thought perhaps any humans he came across would be way too smart to fall for his schemes.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Because of the humans, we have no family. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She could punish the humans, but only once they were dead, and that did not satisfy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There were humans long before there was history. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The monkeys prefer to sleep in a dead tree so that they can see in all directions, keeping watch for humans and other evil predators. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He locked his gaze on his two humans, surprised to notice that they were nearly the same height now. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Once we evolved into humans, things got pretty interesting. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I knew most regular humans couldn’t go past two hundred feet without crumpling like an aluminum can. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But the chain reaction had been proved—humans now knew they could release the enormous power locked inside atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In a long and unprotected life I have seen and heard the vomitings of demoniac humans before. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Come to think of it, he didn’t let any humans in either, except for me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z For medieval Christians, the existence of such a chain of humans provided a most powerful and original understanding of original sin. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As a result, humans can perform very intricate tasks with their hands. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “They claimed that they didn’t hunt humans. They supposedly were somehow able to prey on animals instead.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Without bees, there’s no food, without food, no humans. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When all the humans have left, I send Bob to check on Ruby. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Getting animals used to the presence of humans is at the heart of the art and science of zookeeping. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Inches away, humans flatten their little hands against the wall of glass that separates us. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Although Homo erectus, the stage reached around 1.7 million years ago, was close to us modern humans in body size, its brain size was still barely half of ours. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Geneticists were able to collect enough intact Neanderthal DNA from fossils to make a broad comparison between it and the DNA of contemporary humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My family, which humans call a troop, was just like any other gorilla family. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Primates — monkeys, chimps, baboons, humans — have the biggest brains of all mammals. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your police department—others as well—may have retired, very probably have retired, authentic humans with underdeveloped empathic ability, such as my innocent niece here. Your position, Mr. Deckard, is extremely bad morally. Ours isn’t.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I can see why humans succumb to the beautiful nightmare of the Court, why they willingly drown in it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Or suppose the humans simply cut their losses and abandoned Weep, leaving a ghost town for them to lord over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That life has changed fundamentally over the aeons is entirely clear from the alterations we have made in the beasts and vegetables during the short tenure of humans on Earth, and from the fossil evidence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Percival, released, surrounded by the comfortable presence of humans, fell in the long grass and went to sleep. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Witches and their daemons felt no cold, but they were aware that other humans did. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Well, some to the zoo, probably. Others to an animal shelter where humans will try to find them homes.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z For a while, we quietly observe one another, humans and monkeys. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I wish you could come with me, guys, but humans and Pan . . .” “We understand,” Annabeth said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She’d ask her if she agreed that humans needed questions more than answers. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z That nasty epidemic disease affects cattle and many wild cud-chewing mammals, but not humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Typical of humans, they never expected an attack from below. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z For prehistoric humans the most productive forest was the deciduous leafy forest because of its abundance of edible nuts, such as walnuts, chestnuts, horse chestnuts, acorns, and beechnuts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When the adult insects emerged, they would be more like dragonflies than anything else, but they were not like any kind of dragonfly that the humans of Will’s world, or Lyra’s, would have seen before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If the Replacement Theory is correct, all living humans have roughly the same genetic baggage, and racial distinctions among them are negligible. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But humans have deliberately selected which plants and animals shall live and which shall die for thousands of years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It probably arose from a virus of monkeys and was transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Even so,’ she said, defending her own race, ‘I think it’s rotten that those foul giants should go off every night to eat humans. Humans have never done them any harm.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But how did the common ancestor change to create humans and apes? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The event, it is thought, may have carried humans right to the brink of extinction, reducing the global population to no more than a few thousand individuals. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A wall of humans swells toward us with squealing children leading the way, yanking their parents forward by the hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Q: How is it possible that humans invented something as amazing as an airplane and something as awful as a nuclear bomb? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was simultaneously leading to tools that would make humans so much more powerful, and at the same time, it was making humans seem less powerful, certainly slower, than they’d ever been. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Times article also noted that bears are far more likely to attack humans in the spring following a bad berry year. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He thought humans were more intelligent than other animals because of our hands, a very Ionian idea. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Since that day, the wild pigs have distrusted all humans, and whenever they see a person in the forest, they think he or she is there to avenge the hunter. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z About 45,000 years ago, they somehow crossed the open sea and landed in Australia—a continent hitherto untouched by humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Most notably, humans have extraordinarily large brains compared to other animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest were all humans; grown-ups, but young, and all of them, both men and women, had nicer faces and voices than most Calormenes. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z A sense comes from it that it does not like or welcome humans. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And there are other people who believe that there will always be violence and war, that we humans are selfish and greedy and can never change. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The sides of my neck tingled in the place where humans once had gills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In Iran the number one snack is fruit leather made by humans. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When black youth find it difficult or impossible to live up to these standards—or when they fail, stumble, and make mistakes, as all humans do—shame and blame is heaped upon them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was an accident of nature that gave humans five fingers on each hand, and because of this accident, five seemed to be a favorite base system across many cultures. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even for humans, if you can believe it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In fact, replicants look and act so much like real humans that the only way a blade runner can spot one is by using a polygraph-like device called a Voight-Kampff machine to test them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “One hundred and forty-six people, exactly the number of Monitors on each ship, is all it takes for humans to continue with enough genetic diversity in case the rest of us die.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The wretched thing—and the thing she never dared talk about—was that in order to exploit the humans’ fears, she’d had to dwell in them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Which, of course, had been full of aliens that liked to eat humans. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Just as woodpeckers specialise in extracting insects from the trunks of trees, the first humans specialised in extracting marrow from bones. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The pace of progress has continued to be brisk: manned orbital flight; humans orbiting, then landing on the moon; and unmanned spacecraft outward bound throughout the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z However, like the social instincts of chimps, those of humans were adapted only for small intimate groups. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They thereby enjoyed ample time to evolve a fear of humans, as our ancestors’ initially poor hunting skills slowly improved. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She spoke to the Huntsman in their language, and her green eyes glanced quickly over the humans. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He even saw a few humans lying lifeless here and there—sometimes piles of them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Nowadays the humans had instruments for measuring anything, so if there was any time-stopping to be done, it had better be fine-tuned and precise. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Consequently, if humans cut down even one diprotodon every few months, it would be enough to cause diprotodon deaths to outnumber births. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The famous Java Homo erectus fossils prove that humans have occupied at least western Indonesia for a million years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For similar reasons, archaic humans did not initiate any revolutions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The selective breeding of the strongest, smartest, “fittest” humans—unnatural selection—Galton imagined, could achieve over just a few decades what nature had been attempting for eons. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A fox had been going about its life here, and some humans had obliterated that life—wasn’t that enough of an outrage? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z All casual, he told a TV reporter that the jellyfish he was holding contained enough venom to kill fifteen humans. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She respected the beauty of the land the way all humans are meant to. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z This mosquito is almost entirely dependent on humans for its breeding areas—the still water found in water barrels, cisterns, canals, ponds, sewers, gutters, and outhouses. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He is returning to the humans he lived with in the south. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z If the entire tidal-locked habitable zone looks like this, I can’t imagine a more beautiful new home for humans to live. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There have been tool-making ‘humans’ on Earth' for around 2 million years. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Old men and women, children, babes in arms, humans and other beings, too, more and more thickly they came out of the dark into the world of solid moonlight—and vanished. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But his case brought about one of the largest research oversight changes in the history of experimentation on humans. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Between the times of Aristarchus and Huygens, humans answered the question that had so excited me as a boy growing up in Brooklyn: What are the stars? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But humans being what they are, and I being human, I turned off the highway on a shaley road and headed in among the buttes, but with a shyness as though I crashed a party. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end, the sheriff marries the woman who owns the saloon, which is a watering hole for humans but not horses. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I hoped the Mist would keep the humans from seeing it clearly, because what I saw would’ve caused panic and riots across the entire United States. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Penguin Island is the story of an island inhabited by penguins who, in the mistaken belief that they are humans, are blessed by a nearly blind monk. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z After all, there are a lot of humans who are treated very badly. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The Fireball will feast on most mammals, though it prefers pigs and humans. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The babies and parents were grumbling, but softly enough that none of the humans could hear. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But the unconscious mastery of language that is our birthright as humans is not enough to allow us to write good sentences. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And finally, today, we have reached a point in work flow that machines are talking to other machines over the Internet using standardized protocols, with no humans involved at all. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Pax knew that the humans would not scent Gray, and that Gray would not venture out while they were near. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That is, domestication involves wild animals’ being transformed into something more useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Wood took up Loomis’s proposal to work in the developing field of ultrasonics, which involved sound waves with frequencies inaudible to humans. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You’re welcome. Now leave. I have little patience for humans, even if they do represent one of my children,” Mother Water Monster said, diving back into the waters and disappearing from Nathan’s sight. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was she who made us feel the breathless height of the structure and the relative puniness of the humans who had built it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He departed with a beatific air suiting the Prophet of the Master and the two humans avoided each other’s eyes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Her damp cheeks glistened like the pumpkin-colored wood of the table where Pax’s humans ate their food, brilliant against the white of her sleek throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “My aunt told me pigs is the dirtiest animal. She said we ain’t supposed to eat ’em ’cause it’ll make humans dirty too.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I wanted to ask him if they’d ever get out. The poor humans! Why, it might have been John and Barbara—or any of us.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Peregrines almost never come this close to humans.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z If true, that finding would suggest parallel evolution and multiregional origins of modern humans, rather than origins in a single Garden of Eden. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In short, scientists say that nothing we do as humans uses more parts of our brain and is more complex than playing an instrument. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But we humans now represent a new and perhaps decisive factor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother Water Monster was sure to still be angry with humans after all these years. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The most perfect vacuum ever created by humans is not as empty as the emptiness of interstellar space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This is a statement about the way humans can be so ruthless, so cunning, so savage that we’re no better than wild animals when you get down to it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If early humans had inhabited Europe during the Ice Ages, they must also have lived in the Americas at the same time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Hell,” Rachael said, “I’m sorry I mentioned it. Anyhow it keeps humans from running off and living with an android.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Cal said she didn’t want to talk about that Mr. Owen because he wasn’t fit to associate with humans. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The rat regarded the three armed humans with amusement. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In throwing it back, they set in motion an evolutionary process: If you are a crab and your carapace is ordinary, the humans will eat you. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If God made them so uniform, why didn’t He do the same for humans? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And, as we all know, probes often refuse to obey directives, choosing instead to attack humans on sight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Next day all four of them, two horses and two humans, continued their journey together. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z For 99.99 percent of the history of the whales, there were no humans in or on the deep oceans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they took the shapes of humans, and sometimes of snakes or fish or, if they were bent on evil, crocodiles. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I gaze out at the huge sign that makes humans stop and spend their hard-earned cash. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Only humans can cry tears. Did you know that?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I thought so! This place is completely different. The humans have even managed to change the shape of the coastline.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Where the humans were, there would be food. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Olympian gods were hard enough to imagine as parents, but at least they resembled humans. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They circled the chair, calling for their Master, who fed only on humans. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There weren’t any humans or robots in those buildings, only sea creatures. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The bats couldn’t fly well, and the humans and rats couldn’t fight properly with four-foot-high ceilings. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The fish learned to drive and the humans lived in the sea. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And my voice has dropped so low most humans can’t register it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I told them how to be careful of humans.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z For a tree, communication is just as complicated and miraculous as it is for humans. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was itching to uncap Riptide, but even if I did, the blade wouldn’t hurt humans. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Hunters expanding southward through the Americas, encountering big animals that had never seen humans before, may have found those American animals easy to kill and may have exterminated them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Early humans, who lived by hunting and gathering, didn’t always have enough food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But he had no interest in tangling with Bristle again, and in fact he had no interest in anything besides getting back to his humans. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We humans, as a species, are interested in communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Most humans didn’t love one another nohow, and this mislove was so strong that even common blood couldn’t overcome it all the time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The resulting artificial habitat was meant only for humans and 'their' plants and animals, and was often fenced off by walls and hedges. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the answer is that actual humans experience a little more “friction” than marbles do, and the poorer they are, the more constrained their mobility usually is. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In unison, the owls rotated their onion-sized heads to stare at the humans who were staring at them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes they dress as ordinary humans,” her mother replied, trailing the tip of the brush over her daughter’s skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked as if the humans had fled from here. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was deeply familiar with humans, those creatures who had once accepted her and then locked her outside in the jungle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But the chemicals in these Earth defoliants killed most fish and mammals too, as well as humans. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It seemed that the People were almost as fond of the precious metal as humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When it was decided that people needed to die in order to ease the tide of population growth, it was also decided that this must be the responsibility of humans. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The humans could see nothing in the gloom. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Carrel was a mystic who believed in telepathy and clairvoyance, and thought it was possible for humans to live several centuries through the use of suspended animation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Everything Kaede had been taught led her to believe that the Xi had no interest in humans anymore. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “We don’t have souls like humans do. He can torture me until I die, but he won’t get me forever. I’ll just be reincarnated as a flower or something. It’s the best way.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Cade slowed the truck, or perhaps, I thought, the rain pushed so hard against us that surface gravity doubled on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z This is based on the false idea that humans went out and forced animals to be domesticated. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The humans have pushed it up against my doorway. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Katherine Goble had stood behind the engineers’ numbers for the past three years, and as humans bounded beyond the sky she would continue to do so. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, the humans I lived with gathered like those across the river. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Robin heads back to the kitchen, convinced he’s done a great job keeping the humans in line. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When humans heard the news, they believed it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “They’re responsible for any accidental contact between humans and the supernatural world.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “This is a city of humans. The others have their own cities, or perhaps ‘lands’ might be a more accurate word,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “No, please. I really don’t want to go anywhere near humans,” it said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Just as in the Americas, in Australia all of those few candidates except the red kangaroo became extinct around the time of the continent’s first colonization by humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The expansion’s remaining thrust began when the Lapita potters sailed far eastward into the Pacific beyond the Solomons, into an island realm that no other humans had reached previously. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When humans and domesticated animals share quarters, they are constantly exposed to each other’s microbes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z None of them understood why, or how, but she hadn't aged since that bloody day when the humans had celebrated their victory over the gods by executing the children they'd left behind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z What humans were capable of came as no surprise to Roscuro. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Thereafter, Tasmania’s population of 4,000 hunter-gatherers remained out of contact with all other humans on Earth, living in an isolation otherwise known only from science fiction novels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The disease exists anywhere there are monkey populations, as does the pesticide-resistant mosquito that can transport the disease to humans. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z No matter how well they obeyed The Rule, someday the humans would come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I saw that humans are no better than any animal or brute, and in many cases might be infinitely worse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The air swarms with it day and night, a great, sad, sinister Ukrainian static that seems to have been here long before humans figured out how to hear it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He did not want to tangle with humans and was trying to keep his distance, but the shrinking circle gave him no chance to flee. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Their children resembled mine in all ways except the superficial one of skin color, as indeed they resembled all children of all humans. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Makes us grow in disgusting rows. Lets humans harvest us. Pah! When Gaea is mistress of the world again, we will grow wild, yes!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Synchrony has even been found in the interactions of humans and apes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen a look in dogs’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To Adam who was an instrument, who saw not the future farms but only the torn bellies of fine humans, it was revolting and useless. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What if humans began to evolve and sprout wings?” he said, never breaking his stare at the dark sky. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Dinosaurs and humans in a genetic splice become robots and take over the world. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was a revolution in the way humans lived—the Agricultural Revolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the irony is that humans, like the animals in Animal Farm, do not work equally. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And humans will accept any story, however outlandish, when there’s something in it for them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “And the children fed me fruit. And then all those humans led me back to my family. It took the whole day to find them.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Even though most of Japan escaped the glaciers that blanketed Britain and Canada, Japan was still cold, dry, and extensively covered with conifer and birch forests offering little plant food to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z These were the first signs the expedition had found that indicated humans lived along the River of Doubt. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Thick silk woven by the spiders supported thin slats of stone cut by the humans. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z An impala buck stepped onto the path far below, turned its head to observe the humans, and led a group of females across to the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Around 13,000 years ago, as glaciers melted rapidly all over the world, conditions in Japan changed spectacularly for the better, as far as humans were concerned. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Root knew from bitter experience that humans popped up when you least expected them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As with humans, the basic plan for the adult body is furled into an embryo. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I have to act through humans, as spirits always do, so both of us will have to look for a weak spot in the Gondwannan defenses. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z While these humans were evolving in Europe and Asia, evolution in East Africa did not stop. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Or, still more primary: What if it wasn’t even hate she felt for humans, not anymore? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For humans, the name soon progressed from exceedingly rare to a perennial top five choice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Other variation, such as that in seed dispersal mechanisms or seed dormancy, would have gone unrecognized by humans before the rise of modern botany. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All humans—including me—would be wiped out, just like the dinosaurs. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I always try to give humans the benefit of the doubt. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z But what the song did to the two humans was nothing compared with what it was doing to the country. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z For more than 2 million years, human neural networks kept growing and growing, but apart from some flint knives and pointed sticks, humans had precious little to show for it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a trail here, but it is more appropriate for squirrels than humans. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The humans resulting, he knew, would be, as they became lighter, and weaker, progressively also more susceptible to wickedness and evil. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In exchange the animals provided the humans their milk, eggs, and—yes—their flesh. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Tiny thinks that I am incapable of what humans call emotion because I have not cried since my seventh birthday, when I saw the movie All Dogs Go to Heaven. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z It seems safe to say that the vast majority of people lived in small bands numbering several dozen or at most several hundred individuals, and that all these individuals were humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For humans, there was a good biological reason to enjoy sunsets and long walks on the beach, candlelight on the mistletoe. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They were like humans, but winged, and much taller, and, as they were naked, the witch could see that three of them were male, two female. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The humans who domesticated animals were the first to fall victim to the newly evolved germs, but those humans then evolved substantial resistance to the new diseases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Not for the first time in my short life, rats were a preferable option to humans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Through investigating Tua’s secrets,” he said, referring to his pet by name, “humans will learn the key to longevity and better understand the evolution of life on earth.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There weren’t many things more fun to watch than a heavily armed Recon officer going to town on a bunch of unsuspecting humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Of all the species that have adapted to thrive in a world dominated by humans, surely no other has done better than Zea mays. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But not everyone could be convinced that miniature humans were infinitely encased inside humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then, to his utter rage and horror, he saw the other three humans actually walking out into the open to meet the animals. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z In the world, the carrying capacity for humans is limited. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Gorillas aren’t chatty, like humans, prone to gossip and bad jokes. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The bark of the willow tree is extremely bitter, but early humans learned to make tea from it anyway. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Such a number calibrates crudely what humans know. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds were the eerie moans and whirrs of machinery coming from the Grievers, sitting there as if enjoying the little trap they’d set for the humans. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Most importantly, alongside seas and rivers rich in seafood and waterfowl, humans set up permanent fishing villages—the first permanent settlements in history, long predating the Agricultural Revolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The close similarity of the measles virus to the rinderpest virus suggests that the latter transferred from cattle to humans and then evolved into the measles virus by changing its properties to adapt to us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The advent of cooking enabled humans to eat more kinds of food, to devote less time to eating, and to make do with smaller teeth and shorter intestines. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t chosen humans over godspawn, but life over death—for all their sakes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Here in Oklahoma, I understand why—why humans would sit behind a glass window and look in the faces of families running away from danger and dead sheep, and not feel anything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So then he sends Gabriel down to kill the angels, and sooner or later he talks to Noah and sends the flood to kill off all the humans who had gotten too smart.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z In the middle of the mall is a ring with benches where humans can sit on their rumps while they eat soft pretzels. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Hitler also spread hate by promoting the belief that Germans were a superior race of humans called Aryans. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Below all the archaeological layers with undoubted human presence, at many of those same sites, deeper older layers have been excavated and still yield undoubted remains of animals—but with no further evidence of humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The journey of the first humans to Australia is one of the most important events in history, at least as important as Columbus’ journey to America or the Apollo 11 expedition to the moon. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem at the root of such calamities is that humans evolved for millions of years in small bands of a few dozen individuals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In facial structure and skin color, Aborigines certainly look different from Europeans, leading some late-19th century authors to consider them a missing link between apes and humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to machines, data was moving much faster than humans could ever transport it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At some time in the past Yellowstone must have blown up with a violence far beyond the scale of anything known to humans. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Now, Adam, tell me: Why landscapes, when traditionally humans paint fruit?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When owls hoot, it doesn’t sound like humans laughing so I don’t know why people say ‘hoot’ but they do. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Satyrs mature half as fast as humans, Percy. Grover has been the equivalent of a middle school student for the past six years.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now that we’re into the weekdays I sometimes get live humans on the other end of the line, but they are disdainful or discouraging. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “None of us knew what ‘humans’ were, but we didn’t care. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There are just so many humans, as if huge Russian factories cast new men every minute. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The planet of humans and dogs spins and sails, spins and sails. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The animal was a small, determined male, and he was not going to let these humans get near him with a net. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the wealthiest of humans could compete, once they had a contract for vuvv tech, once they could invest in vuvv firms. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the most important information that needed to be conveyed was about humans, not about lions and bison. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The grilled meat smoke still hung heavy in the air, but Pax could only get a general scent of the humans. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Even the humans and bats exchanged looks of surprise. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With no air or water, the moon would be a very difficult place for humans to live, or even visit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Again he slipped into the reeds, and looking up from there, he saw no humans this time either. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Finally, these diseases tend to be restricted to humans; the microbes causing them tend not to live in the soil or in other animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “They couldn’t keep me company as humans, so they kept me company as animals,” said Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Under Cushing, John studied pituitary syndromes in dogs and mice and contemplated X-ray irradiations of humans. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z War came to the land where I lived with humans. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They unflinchingly respected the accuracy of observational data, and their predictions of the motion of the planets to high precision provided compelling evidence that, at an unexpectedly deep level, humans can understand the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bianca, I know it’s hard to believe. But the gods are still around. Trust me. They’re immortal. And whenever they have kids with regular humans, kids like us, well. . . Our lives are dangerous. “ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z For chimpanzees and humans are biologically very closely related, indeed. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But if humans can make new varieties of plants and animals, must not nature do so also? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think humans have a four-letter word that translates, exactly.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “A good zoo,” Stella says, “is a large domain. A wild cage. A safe place to be. It has room to roam and humans who don’t hurt.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “I...I’ve been sick for many years now. For humans, it would be about thirty years.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But he was never able to believe that human beings had no divine genesis, and he always believed that humans possessed a soul. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She isn’t likely to see many humans out here, only coyotes and gopher snakes and worse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It’s hard to say just why, but we humans love nice, round numbers with lots of zeros. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At the humans’ farm, there were always fat mice in the warm barn. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We saw fewer robots and humans and buildings and ships. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She learned of the fight, which did not kill her mate, and of the humans’ explosion, which did. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We, the humans, were being trained as well in that we added special bits of meat for the ravens so the dogs wouldn’t go hungry. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It hadn’t happened for several years, but sometimes at the end of the day, his humans would sit together on his boy’s nest. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes Ray forgets to stay with his humans and goes off on unexpected adventures, leading to much worry. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It’s an essential principle of the project that humans not come in direct contact with the released bonobos. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The humans extended their swords straight out to the sides, and the formation began to move through the air like a buzz saw. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When ymbrynes turned from birds into humans, they were naked; this would give her some privacy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z On the fifteen-minute walk to the Würzburg station, the young soldiers can't decide whether to treat us like humans or dogs. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Instead of making humans in your mold, Nergal," says Ishtar, lowering her sword, "you could raise them up. They could be great again if we inspired them to be so." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And this revolution has freed the Dreamers to plunder not just the bodies of humans but the body of the Earth itself. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Holding hands. They pay to watch humans in love. It would be fun.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Why did most of them pick the 23rd to expire in concert, in the presence of all those supposedly harmless humans? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The final stage of this evolution is represented by the major, long-established epidemic diseases confined to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The world does not revolve around humans or around any other particular group of beings. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We humans look rather different from a tree. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He tore over the gravel shoulder to the exact spot where his humans had left him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I think it is reasonable to assume that the arrow for computers is the same as that for humans. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The 1880s saw two scientists, France’s Louis Pasteur and Germany’s Robert Koch, isolate various bacteria—extremely small one-celled creatures—living in animals and humans and link them to specific diseases. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When she rode through the gates all the fairies looked at her in wonder, for few humans had ever walked their streets. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And cows and chickens need humans to help them do those things. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Our obligation was to see all people as humans and to do unto others as we would have them do unto us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At the humans’ farm, there were eggs in the chicken coop. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was poor Silky she was thinking of: His chestnut coat dulled with lack of care, burrs stuck in his forelock, he was distrustful of humans, and prone to bite, at least at first.... The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But none of those tamed animals was actually domesticated—that is, selectively bred in captivity and genetically modified so as to become more useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Gods and goddesses may occasionally help, but they don’t mess around with affairs that affect only humans. To them, mortal lives are but a speck of dust on the eyelash.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s nothing to you now, but I was from a place—America— where cruelty toward humans who loved as their deepest instincts instructed was a kind of law. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z For 2.5 million years humans fed themselves by gathering plants and hunting animals that lived and bred without their intervention. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine Lord Krishna consenting to be stripped naked, whipped, mocked, dragged through the streets and, to top it off, crucified—and at the hands of mere humans, to boot. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z One of the most important elements for all humans is the timbre of a sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “All right, I guess. He was old, ninety-three. And even if he wasn’t, I know it’s not up to humans to decide when we die,” I say. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It’s a function of the way humans are constructed. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t understood it because, after all, clones were like dogs and cats, and humans loved them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Men, women, and children watched as a mechanical dragon-like creature with a swastika painted on its armor trampled humans to death while a trumpet blared and a loudspeaker screeched, "Heil Hitler!" Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Are all his people with you, or are they divided as humans are?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “They’re making very, very, very, very deep calls, way deeper than what humans can hear. They’re talking to each other. Isn’t that so awesome?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You need Ripred to guide you to your father. These tunnels are unmapped by humans. You would never find your way without him.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z After a while, she raised her gaze to Pax, and in it, Pax saw the terrible things that had been done to her family by humans. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z For miles, out the open door, Werner sees no sign of humans save the occasional railcar capsized beside the tracks, twisted and scarred by some kind of explosion. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And who could say how it moved or what it could do to humans? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But humans enjoyed all of these advantages for a full 2 million years during which they remained weak and marginal creatures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His attentions therefore gradually settled on those humans whose bodies were least offensive—children. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The humans and bats had small, densely populated lands that could be protected easily. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This fixed distance between a note and its higher self is something that occurs in nature - we humans didn’t invent it, we just found it to be lurking behind all musical sounds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z For humans, they were noxious weeds that needed to stop growing. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was unusual for daemons to speak to humans other than their own, but it happened sometimes, and she spoke now. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The only humans Hazel could see were some black-suited security women patrolling the catwalks, and some men in orange jumpsuits, like prison uniforms, driving forklifts through the aisles, delivering more pallets of boxes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But many of the big seeds, notably those of the annual cereals and pulses, are edible by humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, typhus microbes discovered that human body lice offered a much more efficient method of traveling directly between humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The faces were dead, as if someone had constructed dolls from parts of the corpses of humans and of animals. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But the hatred she had for humans was deep and fair. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Which means that although scythes may be the most powerful humans on Earth, they are also the most vulnerable. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Homo sapiens drove to extinction about half of the planet’s big beasts long before humans invented the wheel, writing, or iron tools. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “When humans completely ruin the Fourth World, it is up to us Holy Beings to start again.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But he was used to working on humans, since he had six kids. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z But humans are slowed by ecological and water barriers that crows can fly over. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, humans must also attempt to come back to life. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The Faustian bargain between humans and grains was not the only deal our species made. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “No,” I told her as I focused Grandpa’s camera, “you didn’t. They just gather the bones. Only humans bury their dead.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Pogrebins are attracted to humans and enjoy tailing them, staying in their shadow and crouching quickly should the shadow’s owner turn around. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In my size humans see a test of themselves. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “Nearly every species that has ever lived has gone extinct, Laurette. No reason to think we humans will be any different!” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then the water monster smiled and said, “Not all humans. Throughout the eras, some have aided us.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “It seems that way to you because you Nexus-6 types are cleverer than humans.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Before he could ask about the approaching humans, Bristle picked up what remained of the rat—a single hind leg with its long tail—and stalked off with it dangling from her jaw. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The humans sit on balconies, about a thousand of us. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The walls of the corridor leading into the tomb were covered with dozens of strange paintings depicting enslaved humans, orcs, elves, and other creatures. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In addition, he was aware that in 1898 two scientists working separately had announced that a mosquito was able to carry the malaria parasite and transmit it to humans. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She could tell why, poor things; they missed the heavy solid warmth of their humans’ bodies; just as Pantalaimon would have done, they longed to press themselves against a heartbeat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was like he understood humans objectively and could see your entire life stretching out in both directions including whether you were going to make a detour to the bakery and which one and when. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If that is the case, the lineages of all contemporary humans can be traced back, exclusively, to East Africa, 70,000 years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every time a leftover freeze hits an overachiever bunch of flowers, humans panic. But the flowers just say, ‘We got this. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The true forebear of all humans is the father, whose sperm carries “likeness.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It is quite possible that she did not believe in any other tendencies in humans, for while she was preternaturally alert in some directions she was completely blind in others. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And though the American Medical Association had issued rules protecting laboratory animals in 1910, no such rules existed for humans until Nuremberg. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Only Maya and her humans come, with their soothing voices and soft hands. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The University of Illinois was one of the foremost places in the world to look at the interactions between humans and technology, an area of study known as “human factors.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It could deceive humans, even demigods, into seeing monsters as harmless animals, or gods as regular people. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When humans died, their souls clung invisibly to their bodies for as long as they could—a day or two—and then they lost their grip and were claimed by the natural pull of evanescence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It hit her with a wave of nausea that she had been wrong, all these years, to hide her empathy for humans and all that they’d endured. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Two humans with an extraordinary knowledge of fairy affairs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Dogs are gross and coated in bacteria and parasites—so are humans. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I thought no humans came into the Greater Jungle.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Because we are humans, and humans are notoriously difficult,” said Mae. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Nearly thirty voices were subtracted from the world that day, not even counting the six gods or the dozen humans who, like the Ellens, had gotten in the way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Big mammalian herbivore species react to danger from predators or humans in different ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I don’t flatter myself that my acting convinced him; he was convinced because I’m human and he expects humans to be servants. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It is an appeal we humans have felt before. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were humans, cyborgs, demons, dark elves, Vulcans, and vampires. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Only four inches of rain fell a year around Midland—about the same as in the northern Sahara—and water for humans came in on the train once a day in special containers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Gregor saw the bodies of rats, humans, roaches, spiders, bats, and other creatures he didn’t even know lived in the Underland, like mice and butterflies. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And feeling that I was as human as anyone, this must be true for other humans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z His intelligence will fail him altogether if the humans happen to be non-white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Any decrease in initiative required, such as the arrival of humans, snaps him back. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Then, Congress passed a law to stop humans from killing marine mammals. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z That social structure is ideal for domestication, because humans in effect take over the dominance hierarchy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Right. But it is said, if you read the Book of Enoch, that he did this because the Grigori were teaching the humans too many things like astrology and the arts,” Isadora explained. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, no,” he said, “not humans. Another day, perhaps. I’m sorry, Doli, believe me. But not the humans.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She'd also heard that bears laugh and cry, just as humans do. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z However ferociously they fought, however cruelly they clawed or bit or crushed to deaths—humans and each other—there was an innocence in it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each other as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But after four thousand nights among them—in their homes, on their skin—Sarai knew humans in a way the others couldn't, and she'd lost that easy ability to hate. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Deckard works as a “blade runner,” a special type of cop who hunts down and kills replicants—genetically engineered beings that are almost indistinguishable from real humans. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And eating corn and beans together supplies all the amino acids humans need. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The epileptic boy had a broken heart, and it was no big deal to anyone else on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Don’t move!’ because they were certain—humans are always certain about things—that Jambo would crush the boy’s life from him. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “A story about how humans are frightened of death. If surviving was as simple as hiding under the Invisibility Cloak, we’d have everything we need already!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Although the humans did not return to the ruined part of the field, the scents were dangerous. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Anatsou wanted to play a little game. He wanted to know if the humans would follow his funny trail to come find their lost treasures. Did the humans like Anatsou’s game?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We flew over fields and forests and hills, but we didn’t see any signs of humans or robots. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Other humans, having no knowledge of the presence of androids among them, had to be protected at all costs—even that of losing the quarry. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z This was an axiom in videogames, and would be until humans invented true artificial intelligence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The quail egg Runt had brought was smaller, its speckled shell flecked with dried grass, and it smelled gamier than the ones his humans ate. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At present, the earliest unquestioned evidence for humans in Europe stems from around half a million years ago, but there are claims of an earlier presence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Even so Reed was able once again to push aside his doubts and his own strongly held opinions about how humans contracted the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Why would a king of efrits concern himself with mere humans?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This keeping of a secret, it is not a good thing to keep, you are keeping too many and they do not fit inside your heart, they will keep spaces between you and your humans. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Dessie’s friends were good and loyal but they were human, and humans love to feel good and they hate to feel bad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Some humans think we have the right to be the only predators on earth.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Look: In my father’s novel, The Lazarus Door, incomers named Earth the planet of humans and dogs because they liked keeping dogs as pets, but they liked human beings as entrees. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The label seems to have unpleasant connotations, such as that human creativity counts for nothing, or that we humans are passive robots helplessly programmed by climate, fauna, and flora. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pax checked for his boy constantly because the father was still here and because he sensed that his home was not far away, but only full-grown humans appeared. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Is there some way humans can grow younger, too? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “She talked of humans with strange skills that were awoken by contact with the supernatural. Some could harness strength, others could change the weather. A few could even heal with their voices.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s true that humans have been dominating and oppressing each other since time began,” Mr. Reed says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Mom had been my nurse, after all, and was more intimately familiar with all my most embarrassing atoms than anyone on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We didn’t let them help us because we needed it, we let them help us because inside of humans is this thing, this unnamed need to feel as if we are useful in the world. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A few years later, at enormous cost to the humans, it was built. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Yet the increase in births still outpaced the increase in deaths; humans kept having larger numbers of children. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, humans would be able to witness a cosmic collision–and witness it very well thanks to the new Hubble space telescope. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z You get to choose: do you want to use your life to try to make the world a better place for humans and animals and the environment? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z All day, I watch humans scurry from store to store. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z But they didn’t know what effects any of this would have on humans: Would it cause cellular changes, or even cell death? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Warrior Twins had used arrows made of lightning and sun rays to kill the monstrous Enemies that ate humans. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He says the smart humans owe it to every other living creature not to let the dumb humans wreck the whole planet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Their brains are much larger than the brains of humans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Two planets are nearer to the sun than earth, but neither Mercury nor Venus is fit for humans. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When supper was over, the three humans and Atal sat on rugs outside Mary’s house, under the warm stars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When Homo sapiens landed in Arabia, most of Eurasia was already settled by other humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Even his face was different around animals, with the expression of polite distance he always wore for humans replaced by something concentrated and alive. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimly, Powell was aware that the robot was making a friendly gesture, perhaps to quiet some lingering remorse in forcibly replacing the humans at the controls of the station. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He was, after all, accustomed only to his two humans—the one he loved, the one he tolerated. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Gorillas don’t name their newborns right away, the way humans do. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “This river runs through Regalia as well. Our cattle live off the plants, but they are unfit for humans to eat,” said Solovet. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And so every time an interesting new virus appears in the meat factories, the scientists take samples and craft them into viruses that can infect humans. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And you couldn’t do that for four thousand nights without coming to understand, in spite of yourself, that the humans were survivors, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Or perhaps a safe means of hibernation for humans will be found, so that the space travelers could be frozen and then reawakened centuries later. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cases in point are the kelpie, whose sole aim in life is to attract humans towards it, and the Pogrebin, which seeks out humans for itself. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We know that Galapagos and Antarctic birds and mammals, which similarly evolved in the absence of humans and did not see humans until modern times, are still incurably tame today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The approaching humans are coming from the west. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the biosphere does not “like” the idea of five billion humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer seems to be that humans made the face. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The humans are commonly most dreary. Say we may keep him, Fangor.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, excellent. Anatsou finds the humans so entertaining, even if he also finds them simple.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The significance of that botanical wealth for humans is illustrated by the geographer Mark Blunder's studies of wild grass distributions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With her flaming red hair, she seemed like a true fox demoness who would delight in tricking humans. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For millions of years, humans hunted smaller creatures and gathered what they could, all the while being hunted by larger predators. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If a chimpanzee can reach out to help a human, then surely we humans can reach out and try to help the chimpanzees and all the other creatures we live with in the world today. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Its sole purpose is to get six humans from Mars orbit to the surface without killing any of them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Alexandrian Library is where we humans first collected, seriously and systematically, the knowledge of the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am going to make sure that he tells the truth to the rest of your humans,” Pet replied. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He wanted her not trapped in the sky, not hunted by humans, not hopeless, and not besieged by nightmares whenever she closed her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We often get the feeling that humans are even worse than they are. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet, as with primitive humans, the very strength and vividness of their sympathy brought with it a true release. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Van Valen explained this idea years later, saying, “HeLa cells are evolving separately from humans, and having a separate evolution is really what a species is all about.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I mean, there is medicine for humans, but I’m not sure if it’ll work for water monsters,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Although he was certain no humans had followed him, he took off east, snaking a loose loop for half an hour before doubling back to drop down to the river. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It made it easier to lure Christians and Muslims onto the aliens’ dinner plates, but it also upset a lot of contemporary readers here on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z How the devil did these humans know that? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “They slowed us down a bit,” Chiron admitted, “but I think they’re intended mostly to keep mortals out. Kronos doesn’t want puny humans getting in the way of his great victory.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The plant quickly adapted to the new humans and their needs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Even we humans have achieved the dubious technical dis- tinction of being able to make our own disasters, both intentional and inadvertent. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If nature could achieve such remarkable effects on animal populations through survival and selection, Galton imagined accelerating the process of refining humans via human intervention. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “It is a simple ceremony. Many bats and humans gather. You stand face-to-face with your bat and say a vow. Like so,” said Luxa, extending her hand and reciting a poem. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A few humans had arrived and had seated themselves. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z However, it is valuable to consider the implications of both when discussing music’s impact on humans. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The humans began to dive at the rats, wielding swords. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This is exactly the time when the first humans managed to cross the Caribbean Sea and settle these two large islands. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they gathered humans and animals in the courtyard, poured gasoline on the little brick houses that had once been Trueba’s pride and joy, and set fire to them and everything inside them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I soon learned that humans can screech even louder than monkeys. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z And because their brains are so complex, chimps can do things we used to think only humans could do—like solving problems and planning ahead what they are going to do. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z There are dozens of humans drifting through their chores, lost in sickly dreams. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z None of the humans felt the featherlight feet of winged creatures alighting on their brows and cheekbones, much less the smooth intrusion of the Muse of Nightmares into their minds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His first chapter is instead a lengthy account of how our domesticated plants and animals arose through artificial selection by humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z My dad always told me that there are three types of humans on this planet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s relatively easy for humans to breed new types of corn to fit our needs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He has seen the Martians feed on humans, and he has hidden to survive. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Others stared at the humans with fixed expressions on their faces. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And, indeed, compared to other animals, humans are born prematurely, when many of their vital systems are still under-developed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The humans had congregated in the wreckage that used to be a hallway. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z ‘How do they actually catch the humans they eat?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After leaving the Mayo Clinic, Gey spent several days in New York City at Sloan-Kettering for another study, and he underwent chemotherapy at Hopkins using a drug not yet approved for use in humans. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They were no longer mere pictures in a textbook, but living humans in front of me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Down on five. Smells a thousand times worse down there, but that’s where the water line is. It’s like rotting fish and humans. I hope you haven’t eaten in a while.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He streaked toward the woods without looking back at his humans. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Amazingly, however, they had heard no voices, met no other humans in the woods, nor were chased by patrollers who were looking for runaways. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Not when that half-ton has to be a mass of condensers, circuits, relays, and vacuum cells that can handle practically any psychological reaction known to humans. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Every cat lover knows that cats are not submissive to humans in the way dogs instinctively are. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Early in the morning, Maya arrives with many other humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “What instructions? We just point it at the house and get out of the way. I guarantee you those humans will be begging us to come in and rescue them.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z At the Big Top Mall, some stores sell new things, things like balloons and T-shirts and caps to cover the gleaming heads of humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z As in the families of humans, the maturing stars journey far from home, and the siblings see little of each other. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But as is true of all humans, they were stunned for one day, admiring on the second, and on the third day could not remember very clearly ever having gone to any other school. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “A place with more room, and humans who care about you.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z And also, there are so many times when you need to make a quick escape, but humans don’t have their own wings, or not yet, anyway, so what about a birdseed shirt? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He knew that somehow the humans had taken it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The lowliest vuvv grunt made more in a week than most humans made in two years. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “The first phase of clinical trials on humans started just eighteen months ago.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The poison might be a defense against being eaten, or it might just be one of the chemicals the fungus needs to do its work that happens to be toxic to humans. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z These were not the lives of humans, and she knew with absolute certainty that they were not the lives of animals, either. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Like most humans, he didn’t like talking to clones, but he also didn’t want to anger El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder what she thinks as she moves among humans. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If so, how closely are we humans related to animals? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ancient hunter-gatherers worked much less than modern-day humans. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z These archaic humans loved, played, formed close friendships and competed for status and power—but so did chimpanzees, baboons and elephants. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t tickle him, though — this little bonobo has never had direct contact with humans, and I’d like to keep it that way. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We are, as humans, heavily socialized to make a kind of rough approximation between cause and effect. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z God surely meant for humans to live like that. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “For the best! What is that to do with us? Centaurs are concerned with what has been foretold! It is not our business to run around like donkeys after stray humans in our forest!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “And whenever he passed humans—” “The humans would pass out,” Nico said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then again, monsters didn’t travel the same way as humans. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Instead, scientists must look for “natural experiments,” in which something similar befell humans in the past. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In this sense, stars have parents; and, as is sometimes also true for humans, a parent may die in the birth of the child. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z However, humans appeared on the stage at just this critical juncture and pushed the brittle ecosystem into the abyss. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The first farmers were heirs to that knowledge, accumulated through tens of thousands of years of nature observation by biologically modern humans living in intimate dependence on the natural world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Without dogs and cats, there’s more food for humans. My dad says if it weren't for the Barons breaking the law, lots of species would have gone extinct.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Dill wondered if it existed before any humans had lived and died at its banks. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Animals much like modern humans first appeared about 2.5 million years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We are used to thinking about ourselves as the only humans, because for the last 10,000 years, our species has indeed been the only human species around. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She reared up, eager to turn and devour the pesky humans that were firing at her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The elephants look far off into the distance so they won’t see the humans who want to see them. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Nobody, least of all humans themselves, had any inkling that their descendants would one day walk on the moon, split the atom, fathom the genetic code and write history books. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The woods looked dangerous now, full of coyotes and bears and, soon, humans at war. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But it was the use of DDT, and its potential health risks to both animals and humans, that grabbed the public’s attention. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Like a government diverting money from defence to education, humans diverted energy from biceps to neurons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Before animal domestication, the sole means of transporting goods and people by land was on the backs of humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The monkeys were exquisitely sensitive to the presence of humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But what had the humans known of Mesarthim power besides how it could be used to punish and oppress, terrify and control? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The best reason he thought up was this: if Mother Water Monster had banned humans from entering her domain, then Nathan should respect that. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Must I tell you that the humans feared it, too? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The average person lived many months without seeing or hearing a human from outside of her own band, and she encountered throughout her life no more than a few hundred humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long afterwards, humans may even have started deliberately to torch their neighbourhoods. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d read that serial killers often started out with rodents, then cats, dogs, moving their way up to humans. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z One of the riders pushed his horse a few steps closer to the three humans. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Aché were neither angels nor fiends—they were humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Foraging humans, like foraging animals, have only finite time and energy, which they can spend in various ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But the Earth is just right, a heaven for humans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet fire was also a way for humans to reach the gods. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Of the 200,000 wild plant species, only a few thousand are eaten by humans, and just a few hundred of these have been more or less domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle applies to more than just measurements performed by humans. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Dr. Webb says that life is so full of complications and confusion that humans oftentimes find it hard to cope. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z While the story was being told, they heard it without any of the reserve or detachment that the kindest of civilized humans retains as he reads his newspaper. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those jungle words have no meaning to civilized humans. I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But you don’t like it that those beastly giants are eating humans every night, do you?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s always a risk for humans to be around the cold ones, even if they’re civilized like this clan was. You never know when they might get too hungry to resist.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He’d read that of all subjects, people made the best photographs, since nothing fascinated humans more than looking at other people. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Galton was not the first to attempt to model human heredity by measuring variation in humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The crawlers had numbers—huge numbers, compared with the humans. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I am only in part of your head and only because you humans, your heads are always open. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In humans the same is observed for children raised without physical affection—usually in institutions—where they are clearly in great pain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In union, they were combining to provide unprecedented service to humans. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The humans had good memories, so they would come back to this spot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Nico had once read a story from Plato, who claimed that in the ancient times all humans had been a combination of male and female. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Until three hundred years ago, no humans had come to these isolated islands, and the birds and reptiles had not learned to run from them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When the light we see today from M31 left for Earth, there were no humans on our planet, although our ancestors were evolving rapidly to our present form. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting the chance to figure out how to send humans into space was fortune beyond measure. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z This restrains male aggression and enables humans selectively to control the herd’s procreation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans are obligated to kill zombies, just as zombies have an obligation to seek out humans and feast on their flesh. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “I know now that I actually came from Earth, the planet of humans and dogs,” I announced to Cade Hernandez as we drove through the streets of Lake Forest. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Craning around, he caught sight of their fellow prisoners: Dean and Griphook the goblin, who seemed barely conscious, kept standing by the ropes that bound him to the humans. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z By 10,000 BC, humans already inhabited the most southern point in America, the island of Tierra del Fuego at the continent’s southern tip. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can see you want to. Go down to your humans if that’s all you care about! Your lover must be waiting. Go to him, Sarai.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The elves were the same height as humans. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The humans couldn’t understand what Cha-Cha was saying, but Fred sure could. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Probably all humans lived in bands until at least 40,000 years ago, and most still did as recently as 11,000 years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When humans burned down forests and thickets, this also helped wheat. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She said the moon was in perigee that night, the closest it got to the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Trolls eat raw flesh and are not fussy in their prey, which ranges from wild animals to humans. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I make an X for every day of my life with humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z In the Age of Sugar, when slavery was more brutal than ever before, the idea that all humans are equal began to spread—toppling kings, overturning governments, transforming the entire world. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Almost uniquely among fantastic creatures, the werewolf actively seeks humans in preference to any other kind of prey. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In humans, a mutant BRCA1 gene increases the risk for breast cancer—but not all women carrying the BRCA1 mutation develop cancer. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I steered myself toward the end of the hallway, imagining the light I saw there came from the sky, the outside world on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Schopenhauer’s theories, like Wagner’s operas, could not be described as succinct, and they are consequently hard to summarise briefly, but the idea that caught Wagner’s imagination was that we humans are essentially irrational, emotional animals. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Her memories of her mother were all secondhand, borrowed from the humans she visited in the night. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In contrast, a domesticated animal is defined as an animal selectively bred in captivity and thereby modified from its wild ancestors, for use by humans who control the animal’s breeding and food supply. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Animists believe that there is no barrier between humans and other beings. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t humans to me, neither were they black. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, I continued to make mistakes, as all humans do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I hunted humans down in the long woods and shadowed them with my blackness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The human genome contains about between twenty-one and twenty-three thousand genes that provide the master instructions to build, repair, and maintain humans. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z People act like it's the most important thing humans do, but come on. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The Mist makes humans see only what their brains can process ... The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A parasite of humans that extinguished us altogether, you see, would quickly be laid to rest in human graves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “There were three of them. Ugly, like all humans. The She Elephant got them. Ow!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In addition, of course, small domestic mammals and domestic birds and insects have also been useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Pax remembered that his humans were most linked together on those evenings, and with their harmony he could let down his guard. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Just as there is no barrier between humans and other beings, neither is there a strict hierarchy. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But did that mean the humans had won the war? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, in an experiment that would be considered highly unethical today, he allowed these mosquitoes to feed on healthy humans. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z By cell count, humans are approximately 50 percent microbial, meaning that about half of the cells that make you up are not yours at all. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Before the show was over, all the humans were checking their buzzing and binging phones. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Images crystallize ideas—and the image of a double-helical molecule that carried the instructions to build, run, repair, and reproduce humans crystallized the optimism and wonder of the 1950s. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Most of the creatures in the Underland, the crawlers, the bats, the fish, they have no need of light. We humans are lost without it.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As humans, music is an innate part of our existence, as we all possess the physical mechanisms to make and process organized sound just as we do language. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The bonds between humans and grass grew even stronger about 10,000 years ago. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The most important thing to know about prehistoric humans is that they were insignificant animals with no more impact on their environment than gorillas, fireflies or jellyfish. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo had been away from humans so long, she felt like a wild animal who might be hunted instead of welcomed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When humans lived in small groups, when our weapons were comparatively paltry, even an enraged warrior could kill only a few. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike eagles, humans could choose when and where to ignite a flame, and they were able to exploit fire for any number of tasks. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Unsaid behind that brief exchange was the one thing they never spoke of: the shortness of their lives compared with those of humans. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Linked with Gray’s final memories, he heard the song of an arctic bird instead of the humans’ shouts. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Their faces were still those of beautiful humans, but their bodies had turned into long, black snakes! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Wardak sighed, like she didn’t have the energy to argue that normal humans liked their presents pebble-free, and in boxes. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We watch this movie Mad Max, with all these people living in a desert ’cause humans bombed the cities or something. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z There were still no humans in Australia, for the obvious reason that it would have taken boats to get there from Southeast Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Although wingless, it can fly and has been known to seize unwary humans by the ears and deposit them at the tops of tall trees and buildings. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Faerie fruit, which muddles the mind, which makes humans crave it enough to starve themselves for another taste, which makes us pliant and suggestible and ridiculous. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But they are driven by the humans pressing the buttons, asking for a tiny piece of the fractured spotlight. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This book tells the story of how these three revolutions have affected humans and their fellow organisms. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Since they instinctively follow a dominant leader and will imprint on humans as that leader, they can readily be driven by a shepherd or sheepdog. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Cutie sounded grim, “Globes of energy millions of miles across! Worlds with three billion humans on them! Infinite emptiness! Sorry, Powell, but I don’t believe it. I’ll puzzle this thing out for myself. Good-by.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z All great apes were naturally wary, but, because of my mother’s painstaking work, these bonobos had become accustomed to seeing humans as allies. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z You may have heard the expression that humans are a carbon-based life form. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z If anyone had told her a hundred years ago that humans would be taking the fertile out of fertilizer, she would have told them to get some air holes drilled in their skull. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In a few places, however, the Neolithic balance between humans and nature was upset by a new threat, a threat posed not by nature but by people themselves. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the boy awoke, his humans cried out, ‘Stay still! The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Up until then humans had displayed some innovative adaptations and behaviours, but their effect on their environment had been negligible. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And she realized that the humans were as good as dead. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z One might also at first be surprised that the Americas evidently filled up with humans so quickly that people were motivated to keep spreading south toward Patagonia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “For me, yes, it would be possible, because I don’t require sustenance. But for humans? No. I do not believe it would be possible. Let’s focus on the Third World,” Wind Being said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It’s called a crime against humanity because all humans co-own the responsibility never to forget it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And these humans wouldn’t stay complacent for long. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Yet counting all species together, there were still no more than perhaps a million humans living between the Indonesian archipelago and the Iberian peninsula, a mere blip on the ecological radar. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hungarian Horntail feeds on goats, sheep and, whenever possible, humans. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For the plant the change is highly disadvantageous, but it facilitates harvest by humans—the grain waits on the stem to be collected. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And if history had taught any lessons it was that humans couldn’t get along with anyone, even themselves. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In some ways it was similar to the place that Kira had called home: the small cotts, close together; the incessant wailing of infants; the stench of smoky fires, rotting food, and unwashed humans. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So much for the distinction between authentic living humans and humanoid constructs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z There are animals, then humans, looking almost all alike. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Foods that humans cannot digest in their natural forms—such as wheat, rice and potatoes—became staples of our diet thanks to cooking. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarai used to tell them about the things humans did together, and it had been so scandalous, so remote. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “There’s something very strange and touching about humans. An android would never have done that.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It kills humans with swift efficiency and with a devastating range of effects. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They hated the humans, but they also wanted to be them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In addition, since humans are born underdeveloped, they can be educated and socialised to a far greater extent than any other animal. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。