The first tool use by hominids—the progenitors of modern humans—has been pushed back from 2.6 million years ago to 3.2 million years. We humans are now living in the pridefully…
Tag:
evolution
-
-
Like many adults, I feel I misspent my youth. But one true thing stands—the philosophical investigation I doggedly pursued for 15 years, through various jobs, colleges and moves. It flowed…
-
The green waters of the reservoir are like glass. On the surrounding ridges, motionless pines tower over the man-made lake, and reflect off the surface of the water with mirror-like…
-
It’s good science to show how humans evolved in nature, but it’s bad philosophy to say that man isn’t alienated from nature. The attempt to blur the difference between humans…
-
Asking the right question is very important. Given that nature unfolds in wholeness and order, and that the human species evolved from and in nature, how is it that man…
-
Fog enshrouds the small town as I enter the mountain community from the valley below. With a few hundred meters more elevation, the fog clears, though the skies remain cloudy.…
-
It has become fashionable amongst the intelligentsia to offer an evolutionary apologia for all manner of human unintelligence. Adaptive justifications for obesity, religious belief and even political leanings have become…
-
Humankind stands at an evolutionary crossroads. Our species cannot continue fragmenting the natural world without inducing a collapse of natural systems. We can still change course, though it will require…