Tag Archives : Human Evolution

Human beings have the moral obligation to make their species better, and make their lives and the lives of other people easier and longer. Up until the species can do something more than save lives, it is not enhancing its evolution. There is also the human ‘right to postpone death by stemming the flow of diseases that carry us to the grave.’ This [...]

A new 47-million year old lemur-like female primate fossil, touted to be our oldest ancestor, is really not the missing link in our ancient evolutionary biographies but the mere result of speculations of overeager scientists and excited spinmeisters. ‘Ida,’ as the fossil has been christened, is not even a close relative of monkeys and apes that [...]

When we consider human developmental processes, we must consider Phylogenetic development as it refers to the changes that have taken place in humans over millions of years, and the evolutionary process that have left an imprint on our genes. Vygotsky believed that if we looked at the history of our species, we could understand a child/human’s development. Sociohistorical [...]