Interdisciplinary anthropology

Autoren

• Wolfgang Welsch

Parameter

• Biologie
• Naturwissenschaften

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This volume stems from a research project titled “Evolutionary Continuity – Human Specifics – The Possibility of Objective Knowledge,” conducted by experts across six academic disciplines over three and a half years. The project addresses the perplexing issue of human uniqueness. While it is clear that humans are unique, traditional explanations have been increasingly challenged and dismissed. There is no singular factor that accounts for the distinctiveness of human existence; instead, all human abilities are linked to pre-human skills developed earlier in evolutionary history. This raises a critical question: how did the particularities of human beings evolve from these non-special abilities? The work explores several key issues: the extent of evolutionary continuity in humans, the emergence of cultural discontinuity, the unique aspects of human culture, and whether objective knowledge can serve as an extreme example. The findings aim to shed light on the central questions of contemporary scientific anthropology, enhancing our understanding of what truly distinguishes humans within the broader context of evolution.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011