1are born from smaller groups who form much larger ones;
2go through a child stage in which they want to explore and learn about others;
3enter into those teenage years where they begin establishing who they are in relation to everyone else;
4become young adults, making it on their own;
5expand their possessions as the family grows;
6experience the golden years at the peak of their life; and finally
7enter the phase where they grow old and die.