Ancient Humans:
From Ape to Human
Story mode.
Five key ideas and takeaways.
1. We start with a story.
From History: 635 to 590 Million Years Ago.
Subject: Evolution.
Proto-brain; Pre-brain memory; Presentient..
By the late Ediacaran, the animal world was already moving toward proto-nervous systems and the long road to brains.
If the bilateral split was underway by about 580–600 MYA, then primitive nervous-system precursors were likely emerging somewhere in that broader animal story. But we still should not automatically assign a proto-nervous system to every Ediacaran organism we depict.
That Ancient Humans Story,
was first published on TST 2 years ago.
2.
From History: .
Subject: Ancient Humans.
- Charles Darwin.
- 1859.
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In one brief line in 1859, Darwin moved human origins inside science. His quote signaled that our species should be studied as part of nature.
In On the Origin of Species, first published in 1859, Darwin gave only a short nod to human origins, but it was enough to point the future in a new direction. That small sentence rang the bell for what would later become paleoanthropology.
That Ancient Humans Quote,
was first published on TST 2 months ago.
3.
Subject: Communication Origins.
- From animalistic grunts to the eloquence of Shakespeare!.
- The story from gestures to language..
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The evolution of language is the evolution of communication. From touch which evolved about 800 million years ago to human words. Along the journey, communication included things like gestures, postures, and grunts.
Our journey from grunts to Shakespeare is a tale of the brain, the hyoid bone, and the addition of one “vocabulary word” at a time. Ancient humans experienced life and thanks to their remarkable brains, they expressed themselves increasingly well within a single lifetime. And all animals communicate, not as well as humans, but they do.
That Ancient Humans Article,
was first published on TST 2 years ago.
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Subject: Animal Intelligence.
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Homo habilis, living two million years ago, likely had an IQ of 50-60. Their early cooperation in hunting and childbirth may have sparked simple, abstract questions, marking the start of human cognitive evolution.
Homo habilis marks a quiet turning point. Not genius. Not language as we know it. But something new: minds beginning to probe the world instead of just reacting to it. The origin of humanity may not start with answers—but with the first fragile questions.
That Ancient Humans FAQ,
was first published on TST 2 years ago.
5.
Subject: Origins of Symbolic Thought.
- Likely by 440,000 BCE!.
- Artistry evolved before Neanderthals which split from our common ancestor long before us..
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Neanderthals in Spain were leaving unmistakably symbolic marks on cave walls at least 70,000 years ago.
Since neanderthals painted in caves in Spain 70,000 years ago, that hints that our common ancestor 440,000 years ago also possessed symbolic thought.
That Ancient Humans FAQ,
was first published on TST 2 years ago.
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