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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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Comment by Chris 5 hours ago -
Glad to read more information about Denisovans Doone.
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen 8 hours ago
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From the archives: Neanderthals and Denisovans may have supplied some modern humans with genetic variants that let them thrive in new environments. https://buff.ly/2EkEKOz
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on Friday
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New scientific advances have profoundly shifted our perspective on Neanderthals – from a distinct, lesser species to the ancestors of most modern humans: http://ow.ly/tZcZ50n3Z3q
@LeMoustier
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on March 10, 2019 at 5:35pm
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La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 neanderthal reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynès https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/00375f80219e1cd6aa204905200a58e5_hd.jpg?w=640&h=747 …
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on March 2, 2019 at 11:47am
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Through Dappled Light
@APV2600 - Homo naledi hints at the wonders of what we have yet to learn about human evolution http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2018/09/18/through-dappled-light/ … via@news4anthros
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Comment by Daniel W on February 24, 2019 at 9:18pm
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Wow those reconstructions are vivid!
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Comment by Mrs.B on February 24, 2019 at 7:17pm -
So realistic.
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on February 24, 2019 at 7:07pm
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Wonderful Homo habilis reconstruction based on the 1.9 million years old KNM-ER 1813 http://www.daynes.com/en/hominids-reconstructions/homo-habilis-knm-er-1813-8.html …
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on February 24, 2019 at 7:07pm
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Jebel Irhoud - early Homo sapiens ca. 300,000 years old - Kennis & Kennis Reconstruction
@MuseumMoesgaard https://www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/media/1485/homo-sapiens.jpg …
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on February 24, 2019 at 7:06pm
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Hunting on the Run: Anatomy makes Persistence Humanity's First Weapon
#BornToRun#EnduranceRunning https://www.toledoblade.com/attachment/2013/11/24/Toledo-Magazine-Outdoors-Hunting-On-The-Run.pdf …
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