The locking-in mechanisms The Honeymoon is Over Despite a paucity of evidence, I believe cooperation, reciprocal altruism, or some capacity for mutually beneficial social interactions got us through the bulk of human evolution. Many think these behaviors led to massive neurological advances, language, and the arts. Other interactions, including competition…
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Who We Used to Be
When enough was truly enough. Photo by Meressa Chartrand on Unsplash Early Human Life We know almost nothing about 98% of human existence, but what we do know suggests we were doing something right. For most of our time on Earth, humans lived within planetary boundaries. Our populations were small, our appetites and…