Culture and technology of Homo sapiens
Annotations Book: Cultural Evolution of Homo Sapiens.
This book is dedicated to the history of cultural development and human progress.
Our species – Homo sapiens – evolved in contrast not only to the animal world, but also to our predecessors, previous Homo species (Genderdelbians, Neanderthals, etc.). Why are cultural achievements and progress associated with sapiens? What are the most important changes in human behavior that allowed sapiens to develop and reach heights that no one had reached before? What is the uniqueness of Homo Sapiens, and what happened in their lives, as a result of which this particular species has reached the digital, information age? Our book tries to answer all these questions. She not only describes the latest scientific research in this area, but also puts forward a number of new hypotheses.
The author seeks answers to the most difficult questions about the cultural development of the human race, relying on the latest archaeological and scientific facts. The reader is offered complete information about where and when the oldest finds were found, he has the opportunity to trace how the gradual accumulation of knowledge and the formation of traditions took place. The author tells how the very first invention was made, and why the scientific explosion occurred literally from scratch. Together with the author, the reader can try to understand why it was Homo sapiens who overcame the path from making fire to creating the international space station.
The production of fire is called the first not by chance. It became one of the greatest cultural acquisitions of ancient people. If primitive man had not picked up two pieces of wood and started rubbing them one against the other, we could still dress in skins and live in caves today, or the genus of Homo Sapiens would simply have stopped. Scientists are still puzzling over how the idea of getting fire by friction came to our ancestors. It can be understood that after seeing the sparks when the flint struck the flint, the person decided to catch them. But how could he have predicted the appearance of fire as a result of friction? Moreover, this ingenious discovery occurred almost simultaneously in different places, which excludes the possibility of borrowing. The author has his own opinion on this, and perhaps the reader will share it. The book contains archaeological evidence and the first evidence of the use of fire by people. The reader will find out when and who of the homo became the lord of fire, and most importantly – why it happened.
There are many hypotheses why people needed fire. Someone thinks -for heating. Looks like. But what about the fact that some of the tribes of Neanderthals who lived in the northern latitudes did not know fire? Perhaps to scare off predators? Or tanning hides? It is not excluded. But the efforts expended by a person to obtain fire immeasurably exceeded the result of achieving goals of this kind. Everyone agrees that fire was primarily needed by people for cooking.
And again the question arises: why? The answer seems to be on the surface – cooked food is much tastier. But it tastes better for you and me. To ancient people, raw food seemed more familiar and tastier. The author is convinced that people switched to cooked food to protect themselves from diseases that, quite likely, caused severe damage to the tribe. At the same time, those who ate thermally processed foods survived.
