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Some 4.5 billion years ago, give or take a year, a dwarf star spit out a planet called Earth. Some 4 billion 200 million years ago, the first cell took a sip of sea broth and liked it. Then the first cell divided in two, so it would have someone to offer a drink. Some 4 million years ago and a bit, woman and man, all but apes, rose up on their legs and embraced, and for the first time experienced the joy and panic of looking into each other’s eyes while doing so. Some 450,000 years ago, woman and man struck two stones together and lit the first fire, which helped them to battle fear and cold. Some 300,000 years ago, woman and man spoke the first words and believed they understood each other. And there we are still: wanting to be two, dying of fear, dying of cold, searching for words.

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