What makes us human? (stop here to think for a while…) To understand more about this truly profound question we may ask ourselves what separates us from our closest relatives.
Our closest relatives are of course the Neanderthals. They actually lived for more than a quarter of a millennium without changing anything about their way of living. They survived during this long period of time using exactly the same tools, the same structure of their settlements and the same menu (e.g. they didn’t eat seafood). They were extremely good at using the things they already knew.
Humans living in the same time periods came up with a lot of innovations. That really separates us from the Neanderthals, and we all know who survived the longest. The capacity for as well as the longing for innovation is deeply rooted in mankind.
Innovation is the human spark!
Recommended: The Human Spark series
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Herbjörn Wilhelmsen
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