Studying anthropology, like travel and adventure, opens our minds to a world of eternal complexity and diversity. However, it is a discipline that struggles to reach wider audiences.
“We need at least a few of us who step outside our normal routines to contemplate and attempt to answer some of these big questions with the hope that we may unexpectedly discover improved ways of thinking and being in the world that can then be relayed to the rest of us.” …Preach it! 💪
There's a really good Substack called The Living Fossils that talks about these subjects -- anthropology, biology, psychology, mental health -- through the lens of evolutionary biology. I.e. how we evolved for a world very different to the one we currently inhabit. The authors are a clinical psychologist and an evolutionary psychologist (academic). Check it out at thelivingfossils.substack.com
Imho, we truly know so little about the human experience outside the past 6000 yrs. There's only so much recorded info left, either paperbark, sheepskin, hieroglyphs on temples, burial grounds, etc. So much has been lost, including the ruin of the library of Alexandria and the Maya codices and we're unaware of how cognizant and inventive our ancestors were bc there's little to trace very far back. And yes, in today's world, humans, who are presently leading the way to the 6th extinction, have little to crow about. We were supposed to be Earth's caretakers and instead we're its destroyers.
“We need at least a few of us who step outside our normal routines to contemplate and attempt to answer some of these big questions with the hope that we may unexpectedly discover improved ways of thinking and being in the world that can then be relayed to the rest of us.” …Preach it! 💪
Thank you Michael! Doing my best to. 😊
There's a really good Substack called The Living Fossils that talks about these subjects -- anthropology, biology, psychology, mental health -- through the lens of evolutionary biology. I.e. how we evolved for a world very different to the one we currently inhabit. The authors are a clinical psychologist and an evolutionary psychologist (academic). Check it out at thelivingfossils.substack.com
Imho, we truly know so little about the human experience outside the past 6000 yrs. There's only so much recorded info left, either paperbark, sheepskin, hieroglyphs on temples, burial grounds, etc. So much has been lost, including the ruin of the library of Alexandria and the Maya codices and we're unaware of how cognizant and inventive our ancestors were bc there's little to trace very far back. And yes, in today's world, humans, who are presently leading the way to the 6th extinction, have little to crow about. We were supposed to be Earth's caretakers and instead we're its destroyers.
Lots of meat on the bone in this post. Thank you.