Quote:How did these unique abilities develop?
Adaptation and good breeding. Humans are very selective when it comes to breeding. Why are women's breasts so large when compared to other animals? We try to find the perfect mate. Not just physical beauty, but also for intellect. I'm just generalizing here, but usually a good looking attractive person will find another attractive person, and have children with them. The parents will pass their genes down and a very high chance that child will be very good looking. Same with highly intelligent people. All of my college professors this semester have a spouse, and each of their spouses are, you guessed it, professors as well. Now, do you think that people that are intelligent will raise their kids to be ignorant and "stupid"?
Face it, if you are not good looking, dumb as a rock, and don't have any money, it will be extremely difficult to find a mate that will want to have offspring with you.
Animals have done the same, but somewhere along the line humans have adapted to use their brains more. What weapons and defenses do humans have? No fangs, no claws, no tough skin etc. Without the development of the human brain, our species would be dead in the wild.
Quote:Given your own timeline, about what time in man’s evolution did these abilities (reason logically, comprehend mathematics and compose music) develop?
Not the biggest fan of history. I'm a fan of applied sciences, where you can examine and manipulate objects. I like the fact that we can learn from history not to make the same mistakes as our ancestors from long ago, but it's history. The past. Cya.
In my timeline, I'd say from the beginning of man we had a strong mind, but as we evolved as a species the capacity of the mind grew and grew and we used logic and reason more to find new ways to survive, which then lead to ways to make our lives easier, then eventually we used it to entertain ourselves which is what music is. Music doesn't help us survive. It entertains us
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