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Hominids to Humanity

Hominids to Humanity. The Unbinding of Isaac The mythopoeic past. Our Humanity Emerges. The “precondition” of civilization - faith in the unseen “higher law” - value of human life - strength of love - exercise of free will.

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Hominids to Humanity

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  1. Hominids to Humanity The Unbinding of Isaac The mythopoeic past

  2. Our Humanity Emerges The “precondition” of civilization - faith in the unseen “higher law” - value of human life - strength of love - exercise of free will

  3. I. Internal and External EvolutionFirst step toward civilization

  4. Homo sapiens ca. 200K BCE ↓ Civilization ca. 3500 BCE Civilization is a by-product of human evolution…development of the human mind…response to environmental change

  5. A. Paleolithic 1. 1 – 2.5 M Homo habilis and erectus ↓ ↓ Homo sapiens (200K) “thinking man”

  6. 2. Dispersal- Multiregional theory multiple - Out of Africa theory one branch

  7. 3. Hoppin’ hominidsapprox. time approx. #200K BC – 1 M 70K BC – 10,000 (Toba Super-eruption)1700 CE – 1 B2012 CE – 7 B

  8. B. The Pleistocene Era: Ice, Ice, Baby 1.6M-10K BCE • Hidden uses of adversity- migration- “cold filter” • Fresh meat!- community- protein

  9. C. The Paleolithic Revolution • Neanderthals- 500-30K (?)

  10. Abstractions 2. Cro-Magnon - sapiens sapiens 40-10K Lascaux

  11. 3. They are us (anatomically & intellectually “modern”)... …but we’re moresophisticated

  12. Myth & history The Epic of Gilgamesh 2100 BCE Gilgamesh Enkidu mythopoeic

  13. II. Neolithic Revolution

  14. A. End of an era • Climate changePleistocene Overkill • Ice age tech12,000-10,000 BCE

  15. The Agricultural (neolithic) Revolutionca. 9,000 – 5000 BCE

  16. B. The Fertile Crescent Nutritious plants- cereal grains Cooperative animals- “big four”

  17. C. I should have stayed on the farm • Domestication 10-8000 BCE • Horticulture 8000 BCE 3. Animal husbandry 7-5000BCE

  18. D. Settlement: rewards & risks 1. Risks Gilgamesh- disease- malnutrition- loss of mobility- vulnerability- exploitation- gender inequitiesSex at Dawn (2010), Ryan & Jethá

  19. 2. Rewards- surpluses, material + intellect - time = creativity → complexity CIVILIZATION “Sticky” Egyptians, ca. 2000 BCE Edouard Manet, At the Bar of Folies Bergère 1882

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