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PREHISTORY
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112,000 Years (+/- 3000 years)
Extinction: Homo Erectus
Ancient Humans
When we picture Homo erectus, we shouldn’t picture a cartoon “caveman.” Picture a tough, capable humanline that endured for nearly two million years—toolmakers who likely used fire at times, communicated richly, and knew their landscapes intimately. The real drama isn’t that they were primitive—it’s that they were a near-miss with us.
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“Natural selection acts solely by the preservation and accumulation of small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being.”
- Charles Darwin
- 1859
Evolution
Evolution is not about desire, nor is it a contest of strength, or intellect. It’s about reproductive success. The individuals, and species, that possess traits best suited for the current environment are more likely to survive, and to pass on those traits. Over millennia, these traits accumulate, leading to races, sub-species, and eventually separate species unable to interbreed.
Prehistory
The last period of the paleolithic.
50,000 BCE to 4000 BCE
Prehistory begins when our current cognitive abilities had largely settled, around 50,000 BCE—a date that will move as science refines our understanding. This period tells the early modern human story before written records. It ends at 4000 BCE, a deliberate marker placed near the midpoint of major creation narratives, separating mythic origin stories from recorded history.
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Holistic Paleolithic Framework: A New Look at Prehistory
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Human Extinction: A New Look From Homo habilis to the Neanderthals
Ancient Humans
Human extinction is not the story of one straight line leading neatly to us. It is the story of many ancient human species living at different times, sometimes side by side, with most eventually disappearing while one lineage survived and spread.
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(2 years ago)
Updated 3 days ago.
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The Universe Before the Telescope
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Before instruments extended our vision, the universe was understood through naked-eye observation—the Sun, Moon, and five wandering planets set against a backdrop of stars that sometimes fell.
Thu 11 Apr 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 2 months ago.