MCELLBI C61 Final: MCBC61StudyGuide
18 Aug 2016
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Oldest from more than 30,000 years ago, wall paintings, animals are the prominent images in ancient cave paintings. Evidence of human capacity to explore depths of mind. Healers in the communities, believed by some to communicate with animals, plants, and other elements of nature. 2001: a space odyssey: by stanley kubrick, dramatic depiction of human evolution. From discovering use of objects as tools to creating hal. Learn how to use tools for both destructive and self satisfying purposes. Spaceship is consequence of learning how to use tools. Australopithecus: 1 mil ~ 4mil years ago. Homo: now ~ 2. 3 mil years ago. Evolution of brain/skull size: brain/skull size increased. Violence, killing of conspecifics: once tools were invented, humans showed violence by killing each other; driven by fear. Compassion, love: human capacity for compassion and kindness is perhaps the strongest and most natural of our behavioral tendencies. Able to prove you have a brain/body (physical)
