Anthro Sapiens Write-up for readings is worth a maximum of 10 points and will be accepted until the last day of class. All reading/podcast write-ups should be typed and 1 page double spaced. 1) What was the main point of the reading/podcast? 2) How does the reading correspond to concepts we have read or discussed […]
What is the Cognitive Revolution and how did it give rise to human language and symbolic thinking?
Question 1: Sapiens In Sapiens, the author argues that at the center of human relationships and human community is language and the ideas that it allows us to communicate. Language and ideas are part of the realm of human culture made possible by what is called the “Cognitive Revolution.” What is the Cognitive Revolution and […]
What is the cognitive revolution and what are its consequences on the nature and development of human civilization/society?
Sapiens, If human beings are by nature social animals it means that our social tendencies are deeply rooted in various aspects of our biology, our common human nature. If our social nature is largley biological it means it has developed through the process of evolution by natural selection. Our social nature is then an advantageous […]