[MineralMan]

"Didn't "early man" live in the same environment as gorillas? NYC did not exist 10 million years ago. And you can't say "early man" built cities because they were social and apes were not. "

Actually, "early man" didn't live in the same environment as gorillas. Indeed, the modern gorilla didn't even exist at that time.

"Early man" developed on savannahs, primarily, where upright bipedal locomotion was an advantage. Gorillas have always been creatures of deep forests.

"Early man" did not build cities.

[ryan71]

Good discussion, MineralMan.

"That's not a very large difference, it seems to me"

I used to not think it was a very large difference either. As humans we all must have faith in something; God, beer, the environment, whatever. Since I've put my faith in God, it has made an enormous difference in my life.