who is #1?
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Humans in modern form have been on this planet for something like a provable 47k years. For about 40k of that we were hunter-gatherers and made no apparent progress toward civilization. Suddenly about 6k-8k years ago something changed. We invented agriculture, writing, domesticated animals, built cities, developed government, trade, etc.
Neither humans (physically or brain-wise) nor the earth changed at that time which might account for this sudden explosion into civilization. So what changed?
The only "record" which alludes to this is Genesis and if one is not to take it literally but a metaphor, that still doesn't seem to shed much light on the nature of the change, except perhaps that we can blame it on women
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So if it wasn't humans and it wasn't the earth, what happened or changed? And since this is an open forum and deals with (quite probably) religious answers, please refrain from thumbs down. thanks
Some think booze made the difference. Gave us reason to plant, ferment; trade led to writing.
Neither humans (physically or brain-wise) nor the earth changed at that time which might account for this sudden explosion into civilization. So what changed?
The only "record" which alludes to this is Genesis and if one is not to take it literally but a metaphor, that still doesn't seem to shed much light on the nature of the change, except perhaps that we can blame it on women
HAHA, I just had to say that So if it wasn't humans and it wasn't the earth, what happened or changed? And since this is an open forum and deals with (quite probably) religious answers, please refrain from thumbs down. thanks
Some think booze made the difference. Gave us reason to plant, ferment; trade led to writing.