The distinctive character of human being in evolution

IF 1.1 0 RELIGION

Scientia et Fides Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI:10.12775/setf.2020.015

D. Turbón

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Abstract

Human beings, as we know and understand them today, are the result of a lengthy, two million year old process that has made them one of the most powerful and beautiful biological beings. The process of encephalisation in humans, combined with the development of areas of speech, brought about by a neurological reorganisation that may have taken place before the increase in brain size, has enabled humanity to generate a tremendous cognitive capacity that in turn has led to the development of what we know of as culture. Culture influences biological development. No other species has achieved the like anywhere. For human survival, culture is a new dimension, a new habitat, which humanity has to adapt as it creates it. Culture is not written into the genome, but it can be transmitted and communicated thanks to speech. This enables knowledge to be shared and transmitted to other members of the group or society, to communicate ideas, concepts and abstractions. Knowledge enables a society to form a structure and make it more complex than a simple agglomeration of individuals while also creating an environment where raising children is viable since it can guarantee their survival, giving them the right treatment to enable them to reach adulthood. It has been said that ‘humanity is a spirit in time ’ , hence the need to understand the essence of human natural history; the importance of paying it sufficient attention to ensure that what is attractive about its history does not become indigestible.

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人类，正如我们今天所知道和理解的那样，是一个长达200万年的漫长过程的结果，这个过程使他们成为最强大、最美丽的生物之一。人类的脑化过程，加上语言区域的发展，可能是在大脑体积增加之前由神经系统重组带来的，使人类产生了巨大的认知能力，反过来又导致了我们所知的文化的发展。文化影响生物发育。没有其他物种在任何地方取得过这样的成就。对于人类的生存来说，文化是一个新的维度，一个新的栖息地，人类在创造它的同时必须适应它。文化不会写入基因组，但它可以通过语言传播和交流。这使得知识能够被分享和传递给群体或社会的其他成员，以交流思想、概念和抽象概念。知识使一个社会能够形成一个结构，使其比简单的个体聚集更复杂，同时也创造了一个抚养孩子的环境，因为它可以保证他们的生存，给他们正确的待遇，使他们能够长大成人。有人说，“人类是时间中的精神”，因此需要了解人类自然历史的本质;给予它足够重视的重要性，以确保它的历史中吸引人的东西不会变得难以消化。

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