Comments on: Religion and the Imagination – Cue a John Lennon Song http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/05/religion-and-the-imagination-cue-a-john-lennon-song/ Archaeology, anthropology, science, and skepticism Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:39:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Archaeology marches on! Carnivals to catch up « Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/05/religion-and-the-imagination-cue-a-john-lennon-song/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Archaeology marches on! Carnivals to catch up « Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub Wed, 07 May 2008 10:02:41 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-274 [...] mockumentary movie, “Expelled!” That’s true especially when science is used to skewer the claims of the movie, or when discussion turns to the real problems the mockumentary [...] [...] mockumentary movie, “Expelled!” That’s true especially when science is used to skewer the claims of the movie, or when discussion turns to the real problems the mockumentary [...]

]]> By: terryt http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/05/religion-and-the-imagination-cue-a-john-lennon-song/comment-page-1/#comment-273 terryt Wed, 07 May 2008 09:45:11 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-273 I agree with Julian. Tthe change, we now realise, was exaggerated. And if the change happened "ca. 50-40ky" are Australian Aborigines not modern humans? Seems they were in Oz by 50,000 years ago, if not earlier. Of course we all realise it's possible to prove anything if we selectively ignore enough evidence. Creationists do it all the time. Many theories of human evolution have been formed by ignoring Australia. I agree with Julian. Tthe change, we now realise, was exaggerated. And if the change happened “ca. 50-40ky” are Australian Aborigines not modern humans? Seems they were in Oz by 50,000 years ago, if not earlier. Of course we all realise it’s possible to prove anything if we selectively ignore enough evidence. Creationists do it all the time. Many theories of human evolution have been formed by ignoring Australia.

]]> By: Julien http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/05/religion-and-the-imagination-cue-a-john-lennon-song/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Julien Fri, 02 May 2008 14:53:48 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-272 Interesting post - You're right, this "Upper Paleolithic Revolution" model is not a new idea. A number of people, including notably Richard Klein, have been arguing for a 'sudden explosion' in behavioral capacities ca. 50-40ky. The link to potential psychological pathways to this have been explored in great depth by Tom Wynn and Fred Coolidge in recent years. My main concern with all of this is that it relies on a somewhat outdated view of the archaeological record. Present evidence suggests human (and Neanderthal) behavior was much more dynamic (especially towards the end of the Middle Paleolithic) than had previously been assumed based on our synthetic knowledge of the archaeological record up to the 1980's or so. Discoveries since them have done much, in my view at least, to do away with the concept of a 'behavioral revolution' coinciding with the beginning of the Upper Paleolitlhic. Interesting post – You’re right, this “Upper Paleolithic Revolution” model is not a new idea. A number of people, including notably Richard Klein, have been arguing for a ‘sudden explosion’ in behavioral capacities ca. 50-40ky. The link to potential psychological pathways to this have been explored in great depth by Tom Wynn and Fred Coolidge in recent years. My main concern with all of this is that it relies on a somewhat outdated view of the archaeological record. Present evidence suggests human (and Neanderthal) behavior was much more dynamic (especially towards the end of the Middle Paleolithic) than had previously been assumed based on our synthetic knowledge of the archaeological record up to the 1980′s or so. Discoveries since them have done much, in my view at least, to do away with the concept of a ‘behavioral revolution’ coinciding with the beginning of the Upper Paleolitlhic.

]]> By: archaeozoo http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/05/religion-and-the-imagination-cue-a-john-lennon-song/comment-page-1/#comment-271 archaeozoo Fri, 02 May 2008 11:52:49 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-271 <i>it may have been the willingness of humans to believe and imagine which gave them a competitive edge over Neanderthals. </i> This is an interesting hypothesis, and I know I've read articles before regarding why the sudden explosion in art and so happened and what it meant. The tricky thing I would imagine is proving it. it may have been the willingness of humans to believe and imagine which gave them a competitive edge over Neanderthals.

This is an interesting hypothesis, and I know I’ve read articles before regarding why the sudden explosion in art and so happened and what it meant. The tricky thing I would imagine is proving it.

]]> By: cfeagans http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/05/religion-and-the-imagination-cue-a-john-lennon-song/comment-page-1/#comment-270 cfeagans Fri, 02 May 2008 02:44:01 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-270 Comments at this blog should generally make sense or at least have a point. Wanna try again? Comments at this blog should generally make sense or at least have a point. Wanna try again?

]]> By: Archie http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2008/05/religion-and-the-imagination-cue-a-john-lennon-song/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Archie Fri, 02 May 2008 00:58:57 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-269 Great thought coming from your 'Yellow Submarine". Great thought coming from your ‘Yellow Submarine”.

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