tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post6592996833621445241..comments2023-06-05T11:51:38.383-04:00Comments on Evolutionary Psychiatry: The MonolithAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429177284200775781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-10081433789840944252010-12-22T05:05:14.654-05:002010-12-22T05:05:14.654-05:00To Geoff above:
Did you see that part where they ...To Geoff above:<br /><br />Did you see that part where they found whale bones in the Sahara ? Similar to what you said, in a very short period, about 100 years about 10,000 years ago, climate shifted very quickly and it turns out there was water over the Sahara and the whale bones ? were FROM that era, just very well preserved. I found that most amazing. Also neat is right under the Sahara, and pretty much across the top of Africa ? not far down is one of the world's LARGEST aquifers. Who would have guessed so much water is RIGHT under the Sahara. <br /><br />Also just to share, I had read of a site in Kandahar Afghanistan that is currently accepted as the oldest known city in the world, it's 10,000 + B.C. and the stones have three tiers: Bird, man, then reptile if you look closely, I noticed that bird imagine shows up in Egyptian and that's what? only 4000 years later. BUT - there is an even OLDER city that has been found, VERY tough to find using google, but it's in North East Africa, dates to 12,000 B.C. and get this - HAS STONE COLUMNS - I have a feeling THOSE people ? migrated west to become the Sumarians or settle by the Nile, which would be one terrific source of fresh water. But I like that pondering there Geoff that climate got us up and moving to figure out a winning model (and what IS evolution but a reach for a winning model I'd think, I mean, evolve to what ? evolve to live I'd think)<br /><br />Uh oh, maybe trying to live longer as a host of the species denies the species it's ability to function, kind of like a malfunctioning endoplasmic reticulum ? Augh ! We don't really HAVE a view of the human species as living as an atomic whole though, maybe it's better left abstract, I'm not religious, but I'd THINK that's what the real meaning of the 'christos' is, the collective of all human beings, I'm more Darwinian, I like his statement "All life is related" - Odd I derive such a powerful spiritual message from Darwin heh, like Black Elk and chief Seattle say and friends of mine who are Hopi peoples, that life is a web, er the web of life is what my one friend would talk about, and the wheel of life, at the time I didn't pay much attention to it- all seemed new agy to me ! lol... Wow, imagine capitalism with a spiritual component where all humans saw opportunity of being as one giant collective effort to live on forever through the species, instead of some ripoff private afterlife floor plan all self centered... yikes... "But St. Peter, this can't be Heaven, I don't LIKE Aunt Edna, it's going to be hell for me, what do you MEEEAEAN she's here too!" or my favorite "What age will I be if I'm to be just like I was in this form ? and the BULK of that being was that I was mortal" lol... Everyone should engage in some philosophy in academia, and yet ? departments decrease as business departments increase. <br /><br />neat post though Geoff. Climate may have been our pregame and it just may be our end game, that's for sure. ONly this time ? we're not smart enough to evade global catastrophic climate change, but hey - more oil please is most nation states response ? augh!Tim Miltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606036610890811747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-27245039579924938482010-12-15T13:49:00.631-05:002010-12-15T13:49:00.631-05:00I'd like to put forward a theory based on some...I'd like to put forward a theory based on something I saw on the History Channel's "Becoming Human." The geology of Africa shows an incredibly volatile climate, in which over the course of a 100 years or so, a lake can turn into a savanna, and then 1000 years later, turn back into a lake just as quickly. This climate volatility could have selected for intelligence. Once we developed this intelligence, it was only a matter of time before we were capable of reading tides and collecting shellfish that washed up on the beach at low tide.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509184330732763342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-57981210899278255932010-12-13T12:49:26.295-05:002010-12-13T12:49:26.295-05:00Wow... what an excellent post and idea! Thanks! ...Wow... what an excellent post and idea! Thanks! I'm really enjoying the dopamine series. I arrived at a similar conclusion from my own readings and I still can't wait to grab the Previc book (been saving up!). Dopamine seems to be humanity's genuine "double-edged sword" and I think understanding the implications of our reward system's design on our actions/afflictions is key. I reckon that a modern 'paleo' approach is ideally one which is 'dopamine-responsible,' especially for those blessed/cursed with one of the more 'challenging' dopamine receptor polymorphisms. ;-)Basil Gravanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528041285750082465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045634714760830992.post-38292860047989084632010-12-11T22:45:02.341-05:002010-12-11T22:45:02.341-05:00Thank you. I enjoyed thinking about what it must h...Thank you. I enjoyed thinking about what it must have been like 100,000 or so years ago and to be genetically similar to us. Thanks for taking the time to share.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353444423670471128noreply@blogger.com