The More We Discover the Less Linear was Human History


The book I'm reading and which I have discussed earlier carries the message that there have been many ways humans changed their thinking over time. Invaders thought they would change those they conquered but often it was the invaders who changed, or both changed. As more and more preserved artifacts show up the diversity of events expands. Certainly, these things happened when Europeans invaded North America and they coexisted for a long time before conquering those living here before them.

They both have stories of human origin. The Europeans brought origins that began with the gods of Rome. By the time the arrived here those had morphed into a God of the Middle East. The Americans living here had their dreamtime.

Both had in their history an indefinite concept of the difference between man and animals. They were not completely separate. The European's Bible had snakes that talked. Americans saw the same spiritual forces acting on both animals and humans. We know from the Bible there was not a clear distinction between visions, dreams and real time consciousness. According to the Bible even back when it was written there were "scoffers." There were scoffers awaiting the European invaders on this continent. 

At the time of the invasion there was no "pre history." What we today call prehistory is often said to have originated in 1858. A cave was discovered that had man-made stone tools and the remains of long extinct mammals. Eventually, this threw into chaos what had been human history. Humans had existed long before the Bible's estimate of 6,000 years.

It's becoming more evident as we uncover more evidence humans made technological advances but also may have lost ground and later regained it.

The pyramids tell us ancient humans were not always on the edge of starvation. There was time and food to waste building monuments. When I studied what was thought to be the economies of the Incas it was thought trade between states, regions and tribes was for the purpose of economic gain. It's now apparent huge expensive gifts were passed from one group to another. 

The more we learn the further we move from the Bible and all other religious dogma about the origin and nature of humans.



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