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THE NAKED APE: Exploring the science and cultural evolution of human psychology, behavior, cognition, language, memory, intelligence, emotion, and consciousness. (Uh, did I miss anything?)
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Welcome to THE NAKED APE
Those who’ve know me for some time know that I have a moderately strong interest in human consciousness and psychology. Although mind and body cannot exist without one another – and indeed they shape one another – it does seem that the very core of the human experience of ‘self’ exists in the brain alone.
We all know that much of the functioning and maintenance of our body is controlled covertly by the brain or by biological systems that work beneath our threshold of awareness. We do not consciously decide to sweat, or digest our food, or replace our cells.
And yet, in spite of the fact that we know this, we still cling to the illusion that the functioning of our thoughts, our decisions, our perceptions, our preferences, our memories, and our reasoning are under our direct, conscious control.
But neuroscience and psychology are now showing us that this simply is not the case—that the processes of mind and awareness function just as covertly as our biological systems.
That fascinates me!
How is it that the mind – that place of concealment – is also the one place in which awareness itself is known to exist?
The truth is that we don’t know ourselves as well as we’d like to believe. We don’t control our decisions, our perceptions, our motivations, or our memories as well as we think we do.
THE NAKED APE was created to explore these important topics. I welcome any post on human psychology, behavior, cognition, perception, language, memory, intelligence, emotion, and consciousness.
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I get bloated with some dairy products, but not all.
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Comment by Stephen on Thursday -
Doone I had a Japanese colleague in my Union day's who just couldn't drink milk or even something like yoghurt when he tried it made him feel sick.
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Humans are also adapting to their environment. Mutations allowing humans to live at high altitudes have become more common in populations in Tibet, Ethiopia, and the Andes. The spread of genetic mutations in Tibet is possibly the fastest evolutionary change in humans, occurring over the last 3,000 years. This rapid surge in frequency of a mutated gene that increases blood oxygen content gives locals a survival advantage in higher altitudes, resulting in more surviving children.
Evolution explains why we can still drink milk. Valerii__Dex/Shutterstock
Diet is another source for adaptations. Evidence from Inuit DNA shows a recent adaptation that allows them to thrive on their fat-rich diet of Arctic mammals. Studies also show that natural selection favouring a mutation allowing adults to produce lactase – the enzyme that breaks down milk sugars – is why some groups of people can digest milk after weaning. Over 80% of north-west Europeans can, but in parts of East Asia, where milk is much less commonly drunk, an inability to digest lactose is the norm. Like high altitude adaptation, selection to digest milk has evolved more than once in humans and may be the strongest kind of recent selection.
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on Thursday
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Really fast human evolution
http://theconversation.com/human-evolution-is-still-happening-possi...
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on November 12, 2018 at 10:39pm
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A bronze hand discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda in northern England is thought to have been associated with the cult worship of Jupiter Dolichenus at the site http://archaeology.org/issues/317-1811/trenches/7058-trenches-england-vindolanda-hand …
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on November 12, 2018 at 10:36pm
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Ancient DNA confirms Native Americans’ deep roots in North and South America
#IceAgeAmericas https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/ancient-dna-confirms-native-americans-deep-roots-north-and-south-america …
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on November 11, 2018 at 4:57pm
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Reconstruction of Homo ergaster by Élisabeth Daynès
#TurkanaBoy https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/8ad87f894f72b5079517554257c937ef_hd.jpg …
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on November 11, 2018 at 4:57pm
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Neandertals near the Arctic Circle?
#NewPost in Spanish/English by@robertosaezm https://nutcrackerman.com/2018/11/09/neandertales-cerca-del-circulo-polar-artico/ …
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on November 11, 2018 at 4:56pm
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Neandertals near the Arctic Circle?
#NewPost in Spanish/English by@robertosaezm https://nutcrackerman.com/2018/11/09/neandertales-cerca-del-circulo-polar-artico/ …
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on November 10, 2018 at 5:04pm
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Broca's area is a part of the brain linked to language comprehension. Similar structures are present in the brains of many other primates. Paper: https://buff.ly/2ETtqh3
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