Elena Kalmykova

Have you ever wondered, looking at this famous “portrait” of a Neanderthal, the closest to human being species, who has made this cute hairdress for him?

Oh yes, his hair is already rather messy, but it is nevertheless evident that about a half a year ago someone has cut his hair and trimmed his beard. Because a beard and hair will be exactly this long in a half a year after haircut. Moreover, if Neanderthal had normal hair instead of fur on his head, he would have an enormously long coiffure till the age of 17. As the hair grows as fast as 1 centimetre a month, he would have more than a meter of locks and a long beard at that age.

Keep in mind that the excavations of Neanderthal’s settlings have not discovered any stone scissors or other depilation instruments. Then where does this notorious image of a Neanderthal with nice hairdress a-la Beatles comes from?

We can even suppose that Neanderthals had some special hair on their face and head, growing only to this extent and providing these people with this kind of haircut. But still the question persists: how did the first human beings manage their endlessly growing hair? Why did the nature supplied them with this strange feature which could be managed only with the help of the scissors and a hair comb? It is impossible to cut a beard with a stone hammer. It is even less possible to comb an almost 2 meters long hair with a hand or a stick.

Just imagine how the Neanderthals or first humans looked like: they had at least a knee-long never washed and never combed mat of hair. Men even had two of these: one in the front (a beard), second to the back. But these dread locks can easily get you stuck in the thorny bushes with you hair caught in it. And then it would be really hard to break free without leaving your scalp on the bush. Stuck on a bush Neanderthal must have been an easy prey for any predator.

This means that for survival of human being the hair must become endlessly growing only after invention of braid-making and hairdressing tools as scissors and combs. Our locks are not adapted for living in the wilderness and without tools at all. Some animals have endlessly growing body parts, but these are important for their survival and are intended for excessive tear and wear. For example, the rodents’ endlessly growing teeth are grinded down during meal. as they eat lots of very solid food (nuts). But how are we supposed to tear and wear our hear and beard? It looks like something is missing in the evolutionary model of human development.

Have you ever noticed that the monsters in horror movies are not just incredibly ugly and fearful, but also incredibly irrational? The are so aggressive as if they had no psychology.

Take for example a movie I’ve watched some time ago: Descent. There movie monsters live in caves and look like Gollum, boiled in geyser and wall-eyed. With desperate sqweal they attack everyone and everything indiscriminately. For example, a lonely monster with no doubt assaults five athletic women. Moreover, when the prey is dead, the monster continues chasing another. By the way, this hunting vehemens can easily lead you to death by hunger. Because while you are running around trying to catch someone else, the abandoned corpse will soon be eaten up by the smarter animals.

Great ideas are similar to love. They come rarely, unpredictably and only to some people, just as love does.

And only worthy human can make great idea or great love happen. You must be really courageous to not get frightened by all things it demands from you: loyalty, selflessness, humility. You must be really strong and determined to bring an idea to life.

Once a beautiful as phoenix idea came to me. It was an idea of a scientific article. I started to write down the paper and soon realized that it was really hard. In order to write down the paper I had to visit a bunch of libraries to check out all the facts and numbers, recall all the citations, verify all the details. So I decided to make all this hard stuff a day after. Or, perhaps, two days after when I would have more time. But the day after and two days after I still did not have enough time. And only a month later I remembered my desicion to make a paper. But when I started to write, I realized that it is all over. The idea was gone. It even never let me possess it. What once was a pure charming beauty demanding to be written down immediately turned into obscure remembrances. This article was never written.

Idea and love do not wait until you will have more time and right mood. They just leave you. And if they not, things get even worse. Because in this case beautiful idea and love turn into ugly grumbling old hag. And who on the Earth coul be inspired by it?

Great ideas are as rare as great love for the same reason. One human is not enough to realize it. Somebody else have to get inspired by it and to join you in a task of bringing an idea or love into life. Moreover, he or she must be as worthy, corageous and strong, as you are. As well he or she must be ready to sacrifice everything for love or idea to take place.

And the last similarity between ideas and love is their suddenness. They do not come when you expect them. You cannot summonn them, no matter how hard you try. Therefore the only option is to be humble and to do what you have to. Be very attentive to what is going on around you: love or great idea can come to someone beside you. Because you can share love and idea with him or her.

Look for the cat’s passport under the cut.

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