humankind
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But it does hint strongly at extraterrestrial visitors being revealed to humankind with a tagline: "If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?"
From BBC
With the emerging developments in AI and molecular genomics, humankind may soon progress from “received” life, generated by natural engineering, to designing and constructing synthetic life that is disconnected from history and heredity.
It focuses on the massive effort to rein in nature and bring the works of humankind to bear on a landscape that is completely indifferent to us.
From Los Angeles Times
“To nurture the Earth and spread love to all those who live on it. I imagine she’d be disappointed in us, if she could see how we’ve distanced ourselves from humankind.”
From Literature
For all of our differences down here on Earth, for the first time we were able to see a vision of humankind that didn’t have any borders.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.