origination of humanbeing and civilization
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This is a bit of a loaded question. If we define civilization as "agrarian (farming) societies with solid structures and a loose governmental hierarchy, then we can say Sumerian and Babylonian peoples, in Mesopotamia (the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - now called Iraq). \n\nBut it's imortant to realize that human brain hasn't changes for some 30,000 years. If we say roughly, the Mesopotamia was 5,000-2,500 b.c.e., (nearly 7,000 years ago), then we have to ask what happened before that? \n\nHuman no doubt lived in tribal units, and were learning the art of agriculture and animal husbandry. They no doubt had social structures and rules. So, the only difference is building. We could say that they in fact were civilized or at least trying to be. \n\nBut technically, on the books, it's Mesopotamia.
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About 15,000 years ago.
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No. The world was not created 5000 years ago by a supreme being. It evolved into what we see around us through billions of years of change commonly referred to as evolution.
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I think that Adam and Eve represent a new beginning in Human-kind.  This next part is kinda nuts but i think it happened.  I think that Aliens landed around or in the city of Babylon, which is the place thought to be where the garden of Eden was located.  Anyways the aliens mated with the more ape like homo-sapiens of that time.  Adam and Eve where the children of this relationship.  Maybe this is the reason for the "Missing Link" in the evolution of man. Just a theory, i usually don't bring up because Christians get really upset about that idea.
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Divinity first, humanity second.
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civilization, alexander.
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This is a really great site that I have used to help teach hominid evolution.  It goes through the various hominid "phases" -- not all are evolved from the previous, but it definately supports evolution as fact.\n\nI added a few others that I've used also -- but definately go to becominghuman.org\n\nAlso -- if you're searching for other information, do a google search on Plaeoanthropology. (The official name for the study of human origins via fossil evidence.)
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It's a bit difficult because your first sentence is ambiguous. At present it reads as "all of the two claims" relate back to what you said in a previous paragraph. I get the impression, though, that your "two claims" are the ones you make beneath, regarting humanism and naturalism? I have assumed this in my redrafting. I have also taken the liberty of reorganising your arguments a bit and add a sentence at the bottom.  \n\nI would like to make two claims, both of which may seem extreme, but which in fact seek to keep the world from going to devastating extremes. We have forgotten essential things. We are in constant pursuit of economic and technological progress without properly considering human development. For instance, computer technology, which may seem human and can be adapted to emulate human behaviour, is anything but. \n\nAlso, we should put nature above most other things, because we ourselves derive from nature. Loving nature and earth is like loving your parents, and I fervently hope earth will not be ruined by so-called "progress". People like to say that the world is developing, but they should perhaps stop to think about the true meaning of the word development. \n\nThus, true development is the one that takes as its beginning and its end our humanism, and places this humanism in the context of the fate of nature and earth.
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Very interesting indeed...  This may very well be another piece of the puzzle.\n\nAn earlier theory speculated , well before neanderthals existed, was the ability to walk upright was an anatomical change that later facilitated cranial development.\n\nUpright ambulatory movement freed the hands to later craft tools, literally gave a different perspective of the world, etc.\n\nGenetically, proof of our connection to the great apes has been established by Hillier et al, Nature 2004.  Mind you, we didn't come FROM the apes, but share a common ancestor.  Peace.
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Human is the supreme creation of God.\nAnimals were created to serve human not to evolve into human!
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we got alliens more developed than humans
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mesopotamia - where society is believed to originate, and therefore it is called the cradle of all humanity.\n\nThe Cradle of Humanity includes the land that falls within a 1,000 mile radius of where creationists believe God established the “Garden of Eden.” This birthplace of mankind is acknowledged by Jews, Christians and Muslims. The nations/territories considered part of the Cradle of Humanity are:\n\nBahrain, the Gaza Strip, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, the West Bank and Yemen.
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no homo sapiens did not come from "God" the concept of higher beings was a creation by man to explain the unexplainable, so therefore it was not "God" who created man but man who created "God"\n\nAs for the question homo sapiens came about essentially by pure chance and through the evolutionary process, the first home sapiens started out in africa and spread out throughout the rest of the world, and while the breed with themselves they also breed with the homo erectus and absorbing them
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The earliest known hominids are members of the genus Australopithecus, the earliest of which date to more than 4 million years ago. \n\nDefine people:  n 1: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" 2: the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people" [syn: citizenry] 3: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi] 4: members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?" v 1: fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country" [syn: populate] 2: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, populate, domicile, domiciliate]\n\nPeople\nIn general, the English word people refers to a specific group of humans, or to persons in a general sense. \nA people may also be a group of humans which possess a common characteristic such as nationality, skin colour or a common culture. In the case of nationality, the group might be a nation. \n\nThe Old Testament refers to the people of Moses, who are considered a nation, a religion, and a culture. The individuals were assumed to share values, beliefs and a group identity. In practice, it was often hard to define such a group precisely, due to its static nature. As this type of racial identity is a compelling concept, such notions are often subverted as propaganda an attempts to promote political issues. In the West, a notable example is the German Nazi Party's propaganda against the Jews in the 1930s and 1940s.\n\nIf you are talking in a religious sense:\n\nAboriginal mythology \nWurugag and Waramurungundi \nNo name, but see Yhi \nNo name, but see Kidili \n\nCowichan mythology \nQuiltumtun \n\nJudaism, Christianity, Islam - \nAdam and Eve. \nLilith \n\nNorse mythology - \nAskr and Embla - first humans created \nLif and Lifthrasir - first humans to repopulate Earth after Ragnarok \n\nGreek mythology \nDeucalion and Pyrrha (the first modern humans, though there were other races first) \n\nHinduism \nYama and Yami \n\nHotc⫠mythology \nKunu \nAn un-named one-legged man \nTurtle \n\nPachacamac mythology & Late Inca mythology \nFirst man and woman were not named; see Pacha Camac for more information \n\nPolynesian mythology \nEle'ele \nKumu-Honua and Lalo-Honua \nMarikoriko and Tiki \nTu-Mea \nTonga \nVatea and Papa\n\nPhilippine Mythology \nMalakas (meaning strong) and Maganda (meaning beautiful)\n\nIf you want to know who really was physically here then look here.\n\nHuman Evolution\nhuman evolution, theory of the origins of the human species, Homo sapiens. Modern understanding of human origins is derived largely from the findings of paleontology, anthropology, and genetics, and involves the process of natural selection (see Darwinism). Although gaps in the fossil record due to differential preservation prevent the complete specification of the line of human descent, H. sapiens share clear anatomical, genetic, and historic relationships to other primates. Of all primates, humans bear particularly close affinity to other members of a group known as hominoids, or apes, which includes orangutans, gibbons, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans. Humans and their immediate ancestors, known as hominids, are notable among hominoids for their bipedal locomotion, slow rate of maturation, large brain size, and, at least among the more recent hominids, the development of a relatively sophisticated capacity for language, tool use, and social activity.The Ev
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he happens to be wrong. Scientists and archeaologists have traced the origin of the homo spp. to the area of africa known as the great rift. Modern humans first apeared in one of three places: North Africa, Central Asia/Middle East, or Eastern Europe.
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None at all. The human gives himself too much importance. Essentially, the role of mankind is as unimportant as the role of rocks, mosquitos and, actually, anything in the universe. However, mankind would not survive had it accepted the absolute pointlesness of its existance and so, our elevating of humanity's status above something what it really is seems only natural.
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The science books call Africa the craddle of civilization.\nHowever it would be impossible to calculate exactly where the first man was unless you believe the bible.\nThe bible places the first man and woman.  Between the rivers above Kuwait.  So someplace in Iraq, Was the garden of eden.\nNot to far from the ancient ruins of Babylon.\nHe was a malotto or had the ability to have all the races.\nSome people on earth today have all races, asian, black, white, \nEverything else is a mixture of those three.  Probably was dark