Ten Nodes of Symbolizing Humanity: From the First Hominin to the Neolithic

Ten Nodes of Symbolizing Humanity applies a scientific model of logarithmic time to human cultural evolution, charting how symbolic capacity unfolded in distinct, accelerating stages over the last 8 million years. Beginning with the first hominins and culminating near the rise of civilization, this work identifies ten major nodes of symbolic emergence-from habitual bipedalism and the earliest stone tools to abstract image-making and burial of the dead. Each node is supported by archaeologic...