Cornelius and Zira time‑warp to 1973 Los Angeles, igniting the events that will reshape human‑ape history.
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In 1973, Los Angeles becomes the stage for an impossible arrival that turns laboratories and press rooms into diplomatic chambers. Officials attempt to balance curiosity with caution: medical evaluations run alongside interviews; lawyers debate rights and definitions; and the public argues in newspapers and on sidewalks about what kind of future the city intends to welcome. Security cordons grow tighter as interest widens, and industries quietly ask what this means for the next decade’s budgets and plans.
The year matters because it forces institutions to declare who counts and on what terms. Ethics boards, courts, and churches each find their language tested by guests who do not fit prior categories. The official record preserves briefings and transcripts that show a culture deciding whether knowledge demands protection or partnership. It is a moment when empathy has to compete with fear on a clock set by the evening news.
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