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The Birth Of Art

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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THE BIRTH OF ART

AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN MIND
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MEET OUR ANCESTOR: HOMO HABILIS.

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1.4 MILLION YEARS AGO HE INVENTED THE HAND AXE...

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...WHICH REMAINED THE ONLY INNOVATION ON THE PLANET...

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...TILL THE EMERGENCE OUF OUR NEANDERTHAL COUSINS 150,000 YEARS AGO.

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WE TOO USED HAND AXES FOR THE FIRST 60,000 YEARS...

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...TILL AROUND 40,000 YEARS AGO WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED...

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...AND WE INVENTED ART.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BRAINS FOR ART TO OCCUR REMAINS A MYSTERY.

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POSSIBLY A GENETIC MUTATION CAUSED LANGUAGE TO EVOLVE...

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...BEYOND SOCIAL GOSSIPING TO EXPRESSING IDEAS ABOUT THE WOLRD.

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EVOLVED LANGUAGE BEGOT SELF-AWARENESS...

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...AND NEW, METAPHORICAL, WAYS TO DESCRIBE OUR WORLD...

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...AS WELL AS STORY-TELLING.

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INANIMATE OBJECTS ACQUIRED "MINDS"...

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ANIMALS WERE ANTHROPOMORPHIZED, AS IF THEY TOO HAD MINDS...

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...WHICH GREATLY IMPROVED STRATEGIES FOR HUNTING, BUT ALSO...

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... LED TO TOTEMISM, SHAMANISM AND THE BIRTH OF RELIGION.

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WE TODAY ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE EVOLVED HUMANS...

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OUR ART, RELIGION AND SCIENCE ARE PRODUCTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS...

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...EVOLVED TO IMAGINE OURSELVES AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE.

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WE ARE ALL ARTISTS.

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AND THIS IS OUR NEXT CREATION: OUR SELVES

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George Zarkadakis

www.georgezarkadakis.com