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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 Doone has Fremdschämen on Sunday -
Defining the ‘generalist specialist’ niche for Pleistocene Homo sapiens - Patrick Roberts and Brian A. Stewart http://www.academia.edu/37155987/Defining_the_generalist_specialist_niche_for_Pleistocene_Homo_sapiens_Nature_HB_ …
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Homo floresiensis. What an interesting story
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on Sunday
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Floresiensis Family: Legacy & Discovery at Liang Bua http://fossilhistorypaige.com/2018/04/lunch-liang-bua/ … via
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Comment by Mrs.B on August 3, 2018 at 3:23pm -
Yeah, my ancestry is short & hefty.
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Comment by Stephen on August 3, 2018 at 3:12pm
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Ah but do you come from a tribe of short people haha
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Comment by Mrs.B on August 3, 2018 at 2:38pm
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I wonder if I'm related.....I am short.
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Comment by Stephen on August 3, 2018 at 2:31pm
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Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island of Flores
Liang Bua cave, where the Hobbit remains were found
A new study has shown that small height evolved twice in humans on the Indonesian island of Flores.
Scientists decoded the DNA of modern-day "pygmy" people to find out if they might be partly descended from the extinct Hobbit species.
The remains of these Hobbits were found during an archaeological dig on Flores 15 years ago.
The new analysis, published in the journal Science, found no trace of the Hobbit's DNA in the present-day people.
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on August 2, 2018 at 9:49am
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Kadanuumuu, an extraordinary Australopithecus (but not so famous) - Google translate available in right margin https://nutcrackerman.com/2018/07/31/kadanuumuu-australopiteco-extraordinario-pero-no-tan-famoso/ … via
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on July 31, 2018 at 3:14pm
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Patrick Roberts and Brian Stewart review evidence for human dispersal 300,000–12,000 years before present and propose that humans thrived by crating a unique ‘generalist specialist’ ecological niche
@MPI_SHH@UMich https://buff.ly/2LZyPCh
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Comment by Doone has Fremdschämen on July 30, 2018 at 8:58pm
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