Our Hominid Predecessors
Hominid facial reconstruction, Smithsonian Institution
Humans are a problem-solving animal. We evolve both physically and mentally in response to challenges, which enables us to move beyond our inheritance β to consciously evolve. Throughout our history, innovations and solutions have been linked to religious ideas.
Out of Africa
What drove the first migration of our forebears from Africa some 50,000 years ago and what that tells us about our continued evolution as a species of problem solvers.
βAs the problems and challenges facing humankind have changed, so have their religious and ideological solutions. We live among the wreckage of once-potent solutions. If we neglect them, they may become barriers to thought and action. If we understand them, they are a treasure house for all of us to share.β
The Unseen World: The Rise of Gods and Spirits
The Institute for Cultural Research
In the series: Discovering Our Distant Ancestors
- Genetics and Human Evolution
- Our Nearest Relatives: Bonobos and Chimpanzees
- Human Universals
- She Has Her Mother's Laugh
- Neanderthal Man β In Search of Lost Genomes
- The Evolution of Human Morality: The Age of Empathy and The Bonobo and the Atheist
- The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals
- Before the Dawn: New details of human evolution revealed