PSYC 403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mesolithic, Roman Mythology, Neolithic
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If the evolutionary charges of the brain are slow then the difference sin iq, skills, needs and emotions between ancestors vs. modern humans are minimal: differences in: experience, tools and communication. Decalogue) egyptian books of the dead hebraic old testament chinese scripts . Palaeolithic age (end of the last ice age) Early civilizations: building houses, domesticating animals, agriculture, farming, pottery, Informing, forming and formatting the mentality of the masses. Negative consequences: gains in, losses in rational wisdom intuitive wisdom, gains in mass production, re- distribution of privileges, relativism of ethics, atheism genderism, losses in craftsmanshi p, death and destruction, losses of traditional values, confusion of identity. Pre-civilizations in the palaeolithic and mesolithic age: 60 000 b. c. The dreamtime a never ending and intertwined beginning, presence and future. Mysterious cosmic spirits send the powerful heroes who create and transform the sky, rivers, the earth, the plant, animals and humans.