Comments on: Mankind The Story of All of Us - series premiere tonight at 9/8c on History Channel http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: kbd http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1582874 kbd Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1582874 was real disappointed when this show was not about Mick Foley was real disappointed when this show was not about Mick Foley

]]> By: Soon Lee http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1582581 Soon Lee Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1582581 Humankind? Humankind?

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1582221 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1582221 I've been saying this for years, Mark.  Children of the Ice Age is a very good book that proposes how climate change 2M years ago and the disappearance of Australopithecus' habitat gifted us with long legs and dexterous hands as well as an urgent need to create shelter and weapons.  The argument hangs together pretty well. I’ve been saying this for years, Mark.  Children of the Ice Age is a very good book that proposes how climate change 2M years ago and the disappearance of Australopithecus’ habitat gifted us with long legs and dexterous hands as well as an urgent need to create shelter and weapons.  The argument hangs together pretty well.

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1582173 Mark_Frauenfelder Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1582173 Ha ha! Touché, Rossi. Ha ha! Touché, Rossi.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1582048 Guest Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1582048 Ghosts disagree. Ghosts disagree.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1581985 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1581985 Making stuff made mankind what it is.  Seriously, what defines Homo Sapiens better than our need and ability to survive and thrive through altering the things around us?  We'd just be another skinny branch of the primate tree, scampering from food source to food source one step ahead of the predators if we couldn't shelter and protect ourselves by repurposing the materials of our environment. Making stuff made mankind what it is.  Seriously, what defines Homo Sapiens better than our need and ability to survive and thrive through altering the things around us?  We’d just be another skinny branch of the primate tree, scampering from food source to food source one step ahead of the predators if we couldn’t shelter and protect ourselves by repurposing the materials of our environment.

]]> By: Amphigorey http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1581933 Amphigorey Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1581933 Mankind: the story of all of us (except womankind).  Mankind: the story of all of us (except womankind). 

]]> By: Rossi http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1581912 Rossi Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1581912 "The producers interviewed me for the show. It looks like it's going to be a good series." And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how cause and effect works. “The producers interviewed me for the show. It looks like it’s going to be a good series.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how cause and effect works.

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1581766 Sekino Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1581766 Hey, it's not about Hitler or the Mothman. I'm in! Hey, it’s not about Hitler or the Mothman. I’m in!

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1581753 Navin_Johnson Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1581753  Hitler's mummy meets the Mayan ancient astronaut? Jokes aside, reviews make this sound a little more serious than their other offerings so I have to admit I'm a bit excited. I'm impressed that they got Josh Brolin to narrate instead of Chumlee from Pawn Stars.  Hitler’s mummy meets the Mayan ancient astronaut?

Jokes aside, reviews make this sound a little more serious than their other offerings so I have to admit I’m a bit excited.

I’m impressed that they got Josh Brolin to narrate instead of Chumlee from Pawn Stars.

]]> By: Brian Sprague http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1581700 Brian Sprague Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1581700 I can't wait to see how and when aliens and cryptozoology turn up in this one. I can’t wait to see how and when aliens and cryptozoology turn up in this one.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/13/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us.html#comment-1581688 Brainspore Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=193955#comment-1581688 Needs more ghosts. Needs more ghosts.

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