Yeah, one detail I like in Genesis is that Adam named all of the animals while in Eden. Even before language and self-awareness, humans would have communicated with words. Pre-grammatical Homonin would have had encyclopedic knowledge of nature.
In podcasts I sometimes struggle to explain to people that the timeline of symbolic thought is …
Yeah, one detail I like in Genesis is that Adam named all of the animals while in Eden. Even before language and self-awareness, humans would have communicated with words. Pre-grammatical Homonin would have had encyclopedic knowledge of nature.
In podcasts I sometimes struggle to explain to people that the timeline of symbolic thought is really recent, and this isn't my idea. Would like to read Mithin's book, but quite a back log
I originally heard about Mithen's book from an ACX book review submission that did not make the 2024 finals...but you can still access the google doc through this post:
Yeah, one detail I like in Genesis is that Adam named all of the animals while in Eden. Even before language and self-awareness, humans would have communicated with words. Pre-grammatical Homonin would have had encyclopedic knowledge of nature.
In podcasts I sometimes struggle to explain to people that the timeline of symbolic thought is really recent, and this isn't my idea. Would like to read Mithin's book, but quite a back log
I originally heard about Mithen's book from an ACX book review submission that did not make the 2024 finals...but you can still access the google doc through this post:
https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/choose-book-review-finalists-2024?r=1yp6ik&utm_medium=ios
If no time to read the book, the ACX book review is a good proxy.