"The Most Dynamic and Impactful – How the Last 12,000" Topic
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| Tango01 | 31 Mar 2023 4:05 p.m. PST |
… Years Have Shaped What Humans Are Today
"Humans have been evolving for millions of years.
However, the past 12,000 years have been the most dynamic and impactful for human living. According to Clark Spencer Larsen, a professor of anthropology at The Ohio State University, our modern world all started with the advent of agriculture
"The shift from foraging to farming changed everything," Larsen said…"
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| Andy ONeill | 01 Apr 2023 8:05 a.m. PST |
I found the book "thinking fast and slow" absolutely fascinating. "Fast" gut decisions let your ancestors survive. Same mechanism is still there and comes with some serious baggage. Those mechanisms have been with us for hundreds of thousands of years. Every time "they" make a discovery about early man, they push back when "sophisticated" behaviour and problems arose. link |
| Tango01 | 01 Apr 2023 2:00 p.m. PST |
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Wolfhag  | 01 Apr 2023 2:30 p.m. PST |
I think humans stopped evolving about 100 years ago and have started a profound decline of de-evolving back to their true essential animal nature. Soon the education system will have us resembling dumbed-down Neanderthals with a vocabulary that consists of only calling each other names, getting offended easily, and existing only for free handouts. Wolfhag |
| Hitman | 01 Apr 2023 3:43 p.m. PST |
Wolfhag, that is hilarious!! |
| Tango01 | 01 Apr 2023 10:15 p.m. PST |
Or… a sad true… (smile) Armand |
 Wolfshanza | 03 Apr 2023 9:13 p.m. PST |
I have a terrible suspicion we're breeding Eloi ? :0 |
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