Series host and narrator, Alan Alda, confronts the puzzle of why our ancestors in Africa got the Spark and evolved into us, while the first humans to leave Africa for Europe–the Neanderthals–never did. Why did we flourish, while they changed very little for thousands of generations before eventually dying out?
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The insight from NYU’s Randall White that technological adaptation has been the driving force in the development of modern homo sapiens was worth the time spent watching this extraordinary account of the archeological evidence. It confirms Buckminster Fuller’s conclusion that technology is the primary tool shaping modern civilization.
This technology will either destroy us, or, if we can use remedial technology to counteract our destructive technologies will be the true test of how smart we are. If we fail, the neanderthals win with 200,000 years of successful existence without much in the way of technological “advantages”.
I think the dolphins and whales, too, are on to something similar..
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