Original Knowing
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491_9781610976084
Description:Did Lucy know God? Could Neanderthals talk? Was Ardi self-conscious? These are the strange new breed of questions emerging as we discover more and more about our prehistoric origins--questions about knowing. While fossil digs and carbon dating tell a remarkable story about the bones and times of our ancient ancestors, we cannot help wondering what they knew, and when. Exploring such questions Original Knowing takes contemporary science as seriously as religious tradition and searches for the story behind this odd creature who senses more to the universe than meets the eye. In limestone bluffs and butterfly migrations, from Stone Age tool-making to Sumerian beer-making, clues are sought to better understand this strange mind that ponders the origins of its own existence. When do babies point, and why does it matter? What does throwing a Frisbee reveal about our distant ancestors? Is language the key to our minds as many believe? Or perhaps the heart of knowing rests in something more basic, in a smile, and the powerful social abilities at work allowing us to sense a depth to life--to our own lives--a depth that our minds help us glimpse if only through a glass darkly.Endorsements:Wigger has written a fascinating book dealing with ways of knowing. He recognizes the questions we ask are critically important and we cant shut ourselves off from the answers we find, even when they make us uncomfortable. Join him on his exploration of religion and science, and the intersection of the two. You wont be disappointed!--Michael Zimmerman, Founder and Executive Director, The Clergy Letter ProjectIn the Genesis creation story, Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge, and this changed them forever; their eyes were opened. What does this mean in light of modern science? This book presents an exciting journey through deep time, starting with a 500-million-year-old trilobite and continuing through the ways of knowing in humans, such as tool-making, musi
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