What do you suppose caused early man to leap from living instinctually to acquiring some conscious processes?
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Parsec13
ANSWERS: 3
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I think that animals have a consciousness too. The difference with a human is our cerebral cortex is much larger allowing us to process more information but the basic structure of the nervous system is the same. With animals like dogs or monkeys there is nothing to suggest that they do not have a cosciousness and everything would suggest that they do. Other animals demonstrate more intelligence than humans in different area eg if a dog is taken away from its home and travels miles and miles it can remember its way back to its owner and they have also demonstrated emotional intelligence and the ability to read their owners feelings better than the owner can read the dogs lol. Bees eg can work together in a swarm perfectly and are versatile and will repond in the right way to different stimulus, ants are the best team workers probably. It just seems that humans had the lucky break and gained a mental skill that would allow them to technologically progress.
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My suspicion is that it was an accident. As humans started living communally, they needed language to communicate. That language capability required a larger brain. A larger brain meant a longer gestation/maturation period. This longer period to self-sufficiency meant even more dependence upon the group/tribe. After a few million cycles of this feedback loop, presto! Brains large enough and complex enough to support human consciousness.
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Hi Parsec! Long time no talk. I wonder if our ancestors came from outer space and fertilized the females of Earth in order to ensure the survival of their (superior) species. It may even have been experimental? There is, I think, a 'missing link' in our knowledge of the evolution of mankind when the more primitive jawbone suddenly changed into something more similar to what we now possess. It would explain a sudden leap forward in our abilities and consciousness. Maybe they used in-vitro fertilization?
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