c b wrote: > Humans are a natural life form or species. We originated in the > Darwinian sense about 200,000 years ago, with intermediate species of > the same genus ,homo, going back before that ( intermediate between us > and some and an ancestor species we have in common with apes). > > Our unique and special species characteristic which distinguishes us > from other species is that we have tradition, custom, language, > history , culture, such that we have many communications from dead > generations of our species. This gives rise to "non-natural" or > cultural institutions that don't derive from our genes , as does most > behavior of non-human species. So, "natural" can be traced back to > genes ;and "non-natural" ,"artificial", or > cultural/traditional/historical must be taught or nurtured into humans > for them to practice it. They don't come by it naturally, but > nurturedly.
right. To a large extent, the evolution of culture (which sometimes involves revolution) has replaced the evolution of the gene pool to allow humanity to adapt to its environment -- and to adapt its environment to house it. -- Jim Devine / "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." -- Paul Dirac _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
