Culture Represents A Novelty In The World

It Seems Inconceivable That A Species Of Human Could Possess Fully Modern Language And Not Be Fully Modern In All Other Ways, Too. For This Reason, The Evolution Of Language Is Widely Judged To Be The Culminating Event In The Emergence Of Humanity As We Know It Today.

Spoken Language Clearly Differentiates Homo Sapiens From All Other Creatures. None But Humankind Produces A Complex Spoken Language, A Medium For Communication And A Medium For Introspective Reflection.

As Every Parent Knows, Children Go Through An Adolescent Growth Spurt, During Which They Put On Inches At An Alarming Rate. Humans Are Unique In This Respect: Most Mammalian Species, Including Apes, Progress Almost Directly From Infancy To Adulthood.

The Greatest Problem We Face Is The Growing Number Of People Living In Poverty. The Related Sense Of Hopelessness Has To Be Impacting On Every Part Of Environmental Management.

Whether Or Not All This Came To Pass In An East African Ditch, I Wouldn't Like To Say. Perhaps It Happened In North Africa Or Further West, But Africa Was Definitely The Place.