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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2020 13:29:12 GMT
It must have been many years ago because ideas have changed.
It was in the 70's Kevin
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Mar 23, 2020 13:45:01 GMT
It must have been many years ago because ideas have changed.It was in the 70's Kevin I kind of sort of recall the '70s. Margaret Mead's interpretation of humans becoming civilized is still fairly valid.
The basic roots of civilization, such as caring for the sick and / or injured, have been shown to extend further back in time than was generally accepted back when Mead was an active anthropologist, but her premise still makes sense.
A certain amount of empathy and altruism [selflessly doing something for another when no immediate benefit is derived] is required in order for any group of individuals to advance beyond bare survival or subsistence.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Mar 23, 2020 16:18:11 GMT
"It was in the 70's Kevin"
Decades ago. Since then more observations have been made of our closest relatives, and I don't mean our siblings. Recently apes were witnessed actually sitting in a circle gently humming in unison. We even still use many of the gestures they do.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Mar 23, 2020 16:34:12 GMT
I kind of sort of recall the '70s. Margaret Mead's interpretation of humans becoming civilized is still fairly valid.
Not as such, not if she uses compassion and empathy as an example, and the development of the splint, which are not the same thing.
The basic roots of civilization, such as caring for the sick and / or injured, have been shown to extend further back in time than was generally accepted back when Mead was an active anthropologist, but her premise still makes sense.
I don't think it does. If she is using compassion and empathy as an example of when it started, animals can show it, and most of them predate humans by millions of years, can they be classed as civilised? (Well they don't engage in wars to the same degree, at least.) But yes, the basis of the relatively recent hunter gatherers is those considered of an age to be men, went out to hunt. What they got fed the group. Woman, children and old people, no one was left out. In fact in some once isolated areas of the world it still goes on. Using only compassion and empathy as an example, it would possibly be impossible to pin point an actual time. That's no doubt why many say it started with the invention of fish hooks, or even art. Perhaps the invention of writing. Maybe the development of leisure time. (Possibly just 15,000 years ago.)
A certain amount of empathy and altruism [selflessly doing something for another when no immediate benefit is derived] is required in order for any group of individuals to advance beyond bare survival or subsistence.
Very true. If not for those who pick up the pieces, the human race would be stuffed.
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