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He does offer a theory for when and how this separation happened. It's the first of the "revolutions" in the history of human culture, and he calls it the "Cognitive Revolution," when humans learned to tell stories, which gave them common purposes beyond simple survival and reproduction, along with a lot of other advantages. Then there are other "revolutions" that followed (agricultural, industrial), each of which profoundly amplified the disproportionate power of Homo sapiens over other species and the planet as a whole.
Hi Duane. As far as I remember, the author doesn't advance any characteristic distinguishing homo sapiens from the other human species, except that we were more resourceful - we worked out ways to solve many problems we encountered. Some of these breakthroughs, like agriculture and animal husbandry, were enormously advantageous to homo sapiens ability to dominate their environment.
Physically and biologically, homo sapiens were different from other species of homo, too. Not hugely different, but different enough (e.g., dimensions, skeleton, etc.).
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He does offer a theory for when and how this separation happened. It's the first of the "revolutions" in the history of human culture, and he calls it the "Cognitive Revolution," when humans learned to tell stories, which gave them common purposes beyond simple survival and reproduction, along with a lot of other advantages. Then there are other "revolutions" that followed (agricultural, industrial), each of which profoundly amplified the disproportionate power of Homo sapiens over other species and the planet as a whole.
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Hi Duane. As far as I remember, the author doesn't advance any characteristic distinguishing homo sapiens from the other human species, except that we were more resourceful - we worked out ways to solve many problems we encountered. Some of these breakthroughs, like agriculture and animal husbandry, were enormously advantageous to homo sapiens ability to dominate their environment.Physically and biologically, homo sapiens were different from other species of homo, too. Not hugely different, but different enough (e.g., dimensions, skeleton, etc.).
