Disappeared twin syndrome in human evolution
The study of human evolution is a young science in spite of our origin has been a mystery that has obsessed us since we are aware of ourselves. In the last years we have resolve some aspects of this mystery getting an open window to our past.
Now a day, we can say with some confidence that our origin was in Africa, we come from small primates like chimpanzees, bipedalism has been one of the most important advantages of these groups such as the meat incorporation in their diet… But there is an aspect about our evolution that attracts my attention especially is the fact that we have walked with other species, very similar to us, until 30.000 years ago.
At the beginning these species were ecological competitors, group with which we had to fight for the resources, sometimes directly, sometimes with our biological skills, and finally became extinct. In the Middle Paleolithic appeared more complex groups in Europe and Asia that coexisted with our ancestors. When the first fossils of these groups were discoverer, in the early twentieth century, were interpreted like pathological individuals not as members of other species and this idea was maintained in the following years. That´s the reason why we tend to believe that Neanderthals, for example, where dimwit, primitives, rough… but now we know that they have enough cognitive abilities to perform complex funerary rites, decorate their body, create beautiful and useful tools, develop difficult hunt strategies… we swapped culture and objects with then, even DNA, the 2% of our DNA come from Neanderthals. It should be impressive and terrific al the same time meet with someone very different to you but equally intelligent.
This aspect about our evolution make me think if our obsession about aliens or monsters, most of the times anthropomorphic, could be a disappeared twin syndrome.
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Disappeared twin syndrome in human evolution
The study of human evolution is a young science in spite of our origin AND has been a mystery that has obsessed us since we are WERE aware of ourselves. In the last years we have resolve some aspects of this mystery getting an open window to our past.
Now a day, NOWADAYS (one word) we can say with some confidence that our origin was in Africa, we come from small primates like chimpanzees. Bipedalism has been one of the most important advantages of these groups AS WELL AS THE INCORPORATION OF MEAT incorpsuch as the meatI incorporation inTO their diet… But there is an aspect about our evolution that attracts my attention especially is the fact that we have walked with other species, very similar to us, UP TO until 30.000 years ago.
At the beginning these species were ecological competitors, groupS with which we had to fight for the resources, sometimes directly, sometimes with our biological skills, and finally became extinct. In the Middle Paleolithic appeared more complex groups APPEARED in Europe and Asia that coexisted with our ancestors. When the first fossils of these groups were discovereD, in the early twentieth century, THEY were interpreted like pathological individuals not as members of other species and this idea was maintained in the following years. That´s the reason why we tend to believe that Neanderthals, for example, where dimwit, primitives AND rough… but now we know that they haDve enough cognitive abilities to perform complex funerary rites, decorate their body, create beautiful and useful tools, develop difficult hunt strategies… we swapped SHARED culture and objects with theMn, even DNA, the 2% of our DNA come from Neanderthals. It should be impressive and terrific AND aT the same time, meet with someone very different to you but equally intelligent.
This aspect about our evolution makeS me think Of our obsession about aliens or monsters, most of the times anthropomorphic AND could be a disappeared twin syndrome.
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