Posted on 10/29/2020 8:24:40 PM PDT by LibWhacker
It would never occur to a monkey picking fleas off his best friend's head that he could invent fire, weapons, build houses, plant crops, etc. That took time.
The sense that we could actually improve things for ourselves in new and wonderous ways, and not just worry about filling our bellies all the time, by manipulating objects in our environment in such a way as to make life easier and more enjoyable would only dawn on a few scattered individuals over a veeery long time, centuries even, and at first, only by accident; i.e., the first ape to pick up a club and whack a rival over the head with it didn't plan on doing that ahead of time. It occurred accidentally, à la 2001 a Space Odyssey. Now, of course, we're always trying to think of new and better ways to do things 24/7 because we've become accustomed to thinking that way. But nowhere is that mentioned in this article.
But, like I said, what do I know?
Me? Hopefully next week.
“The sense that we could actually improve things for ourselves”
Some say that was the curse in the garden.
Some scientist who really believes in science should come forth and explain that the DNA of a mother and the DNA of her child in the womb don’t match, therefore they are separate individual human beings.
Modern learning advises us that the key is either Ancient Aliens or chronic gum disease. I am considering the choices.
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Nothing. Pure nonsense.
I longingly await the ‘day’ when the fakes in politics, economics, education and religion get their day of accounting. Some people will have to have a face to face, and even then they cannot admit they are out to lunch.
Did?
Isn't it more a case of "When WILL We Become Fully Human?" As far as the idea of "Homo Sapiens" (wise man) goes we have a way yet to travel.
I have yet another dumb question.
How could the “great leap” have occured in all those divergent groups, considering that they had already diverged?
All except Rosie O'Donnell
I have always wondered how long it would take humans to devolve if our electronic store of knowledge was suddenly wiped out. Would the darkness be deep as many skills combining mind, hand and back are no longer practiced?
If their tools were all made of wood, there is no way to know about them now. So they may be greatly underestimated.
Great article... thank you for posting. I enjoy considering bicameral mind theory along these lines... https://www.julianjaynes.org/about/about-jaynes-theory/overview/
To be perfectly honest, I am not sure we have arrived yet.
I used to believe in evolution but I didn’t have enough faith for those impossible odds.
Here’s your answer. . . .https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Ps.139
The Great Leap occurred 65,000 years ago, but not all groups participated equally. According to the author, the "humanity" was there in all of them, and they were all capable of making the leap (this I doubt), even if their group didn't do much with that inherent ability. They all may have begun using spears, etc., around the same time, but it's fairly evident some merely copied their neighbors, not invented new tools.
The boat was invented 65,000 years ago. Another 42,000 years passed before the fishhook was invented.
I don’t think so.
Fossilized wooden tools and implements have indeed been found, which doesn’t mean they haven’t been vastly underestimated in their importance to ancient man, as you pointed out!
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