What are your theories and models to explain behavioral modernity?>anatomically modern humans appeared 200,000 years ago and spread across the world by 60,000 years ago>but did not do much for this 150,000 year period>suddenly 50,000 years ago out of nowhere they started showing extremely complex behavior like making abstract art, fishing nets, highly accurate blades, spear throwers, long distance trade, etc.It is like everyone suddenly became much more intelligent at a single point in time. Nobody knows why this is.
>>17069906Were they genetically modern? I feel like the simple answer of a genetic mutation would be enough to answer it. Or one autist did the art thing and wowed his tribe so they all started doing it and wowed the other tribes and so on
>>17069906Very little of our civilization today would survive 50,000 years, let alone even 10,000 years.
>>17069906>but did not do much for this 150,000 year periodOnly according to our narrow understanding of history.They probably did tons of stuff, they just didn't write anything down and their other works were too ephemeral.Also, caring about ancient history is a relatively modern phenomenon. Prior humans had more pressing needs than preserving some old piles of rocks and bones.
>>17069939>Only according to our narrow understanding of history. Historians never claimed hunters and gatherers were stupid savages. Maybe like 100 years ago.
they reached a critical mass where everyday wasn't starving to death as the ice age let up
>>17069906>suddenly 50,000 years ago out of nowhere they started showing extremely complex behavior like making abstract art, fishing nets, highly accurate blades, spear throwers, long distance trade, etc.This was probably the beginning of the inner dialogue. When people started hearing the voices of the gods a la bicameral mind theory.
>>17069906We discussed Julian Jaynes just a few weeks ago.
>>17069906>suddenly>after 150k yearhmmm
>>17069906Some caveman came up with NTR some 60,000 years ago while fingerprinting black cocks on his cave walls. But getting cucked while living in small hunter gatherer packs was too difficult, so they had to invent societies that allow more people to live in close proximity to each other. The rest is history.
Alot of stuff has been wiped out of existence due to great resets and floods.
