The ‘Cognitive Revolution’ Theory is WRONG

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The Cognitive Revolution theory, claims that around 70k-50k years ago, pre-historic Homo Sapiens underwent a sudden, dramatic transformation.

Possibly linked to a genetic mutation, this view suggests that we shifted almost overnight into imaginative, symbolic thinkers — creating art, complex language, religion, and culture for the first time and achieving what’s known as behavioural modernity.

However, I don’t think this is true.

I think there’s plenty of evidence that suggests complex human thought and intelligence goes way back, much deeper into prehistory...

Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!!

Sources:

Blombos Caves:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248404001307?utm

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1892?utm

https://www.donsmaps.com/blombos.html?utm

Klasies River:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030544030190799X
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358935960_A_Critical_Review_of_the_Stratigraphic_Context_of_the_MSA_I_and_II_at_Klasies_River_Main_Site_South_Africa

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257154719_Technological_elemental_and_colorimeric_analysis_of_an_engraved_ochre_fragment_from_the_Middle_Stone_Age_levels_of_Klasies_River_Cave_I_South_Africa

Qafzeh Cave:

https://in-africa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Bar-Yosef-Mayer-et-al-2009-JHE-shells-and-ochre-in-Middle-Pal-Qafzeh.pdf?utm

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Shells-and-ochre-in-Middle-Paleolithic-Qafzeh-Cave%2C-Mayer-Vandermeersch/d3bb60a370009db4a5e2dae83288a1d52399809a

Es-Skhul:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2006/jun/earliest-known-bling-revealed-0?utm

Pinnacle Point:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248410001326?utm

Kapthurin Formation:

https://in-africa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/McBrearty-S-Tryon-2006-bkch-From-Acheulean-to-MSA-in-Kapthurin.pdf?utm

Intentional Neanderthal Burial:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3890882/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Neanderthal Symbolism:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-cave-paintings-clinch-the-case-for-neandertal-symbolism1/?utm

https://www.sci.news/archaeology/neanderthal-art-11589.html?utm

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29507889/

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/neanderthals-used-eagle-claws-make-jewellery-130000-years-ago-1491484?utm

Homo Naledi Symbolic Thought:

https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/89102

https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/89106v1?utm

400,000 Year Old Carved Ivory:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/these-400000-year-old-mammoth-tusks-carved-by-early-humans-may-be-the-oldest-evidence-of-prehistoric-intelligence/

500,000 Homo Erectus Carving:

https://www.sci.news/archaeology/science-homo-erectus-engraving-trinil-java-indonesia-02317.html

Language / FOXP2 gene:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4332681/?utm

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5895694_The_Derived_FOXP2_Variant_of_Modern_Humans_was_Shared_with_Neandertals

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