Like other species, we are the products of millions of years of adaptation. Now we're taking matters into our own hands.
The point at which human history began is a gray area that specialists debate. Anatomically modern humans are, roughly speaking, about two hundred... Learn more about this topic: Archaeology vs. Paleontology | Overview, Branches & Comparison ...
Recent research, however, yielded perforated and ochre marine shells and colorants attributed to Neanderthals, suggesting once again that they were cognitively indis- tinguishable from modern humans (Hoffmann et al. 2018). On the other hand, the authors still describe Neanderthals as anatomically '...
Humans are not designed to be happy, or even content. Instead, we are designed primarily to survive and reproduce, like every other creature in the natural world. A state of contentment is discouraged by nature because it would lower our guard against possible threats to our survival. Do hum...
(Bateson2014; Carruthers2002). Specifically, children’s play may be crucial to the development of the kind of human innovation that allowed anatomically modern humans to inhabit every ecosystem on the globe (Carruthers2002). Yet, among modern hunter-gatherers our results do not support extended ...
Coinciding with the replacement of Neanderthal Man by anatomically modern humans such as Cro-Magnon Man, from 40,000 BCE onwards, art blossoms throughout Europe. The earliest lifelike sculptures are the Paleolithic ivory carvings of the Swabian Jura - featuring birds, animals, and therianthropic ...
Evolution is about ends, not means; becoming smart is just one option."Living things are currently the most adaptive creatures in their environments. “Natural selection remains the only theory that explains how adaptive complexity, not just any old complexity, can arise, because it is the only...
But let’s not forget that for roughly 95% of human history (as in, during the time humans have been anatomically human according to archeological record), humans got their food via other means besides agriculture. We didn’t do what is thought of as farming: clear land, plant seeds in ...
Faces, anatomically perfectpaintingsof hundreds of Europeans, billowing robes dyed deep colors. Perhaps your S1 hears, “We have reached the height of culture. Our ways are refinements toward the platonic state of elite and luxury.” Thevibrancyandgrungeof modern art. The splatters, the angles, ...
He lived between about40,000 to 60,00 years ago. Current thinking is that The Old Man of La Chapelle was about 30 to 35 years old at the time of his death! How long did cavemen exist? The civilization of Ice Age people popularly known as cavemen lived on the European continent30,000...