Nov. 13, 2010
In a reversal of evolution brothers Cory and Dana Foht have taken up residence in trees. The Fohts, 25-year-old twins from Florida, climb about 25 feet up the side of a tall American tree, stretch nylon hammocks between its branches, unroll sleeping bags and, with a few acrobatic moves, squirm into makeshift beds.
The Fohts, who wander the country in a nomadic life, living off discards and scavenged food, may be representative of an incipient movement to prepare for habitat change as the effects of global warming take hold. Others plan to return to the simple life of our immediate ancestors, the great apes, who had no need for underground parking garages, giant shopping malls, theme parks and polluting industries that manufacture useless junk.
Some groups have gone silent, in order to lose the ability to speak, part of a process of diseducation that will render them incapable of recreating the modern world. A spokesperson for one of these groups had nothing to say and said nothing only on condition of anonymity.
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