Anthony Marr interview Part 4 of 7 - "Man the Hunter" Myth

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October 18, 2009

"In their myriad telling, scientific narratives of human evolution have accumulated a ton of ideological baggage; human origins accounts often are more rooted in fiction than fact, and many were spawned before recent archaeological and scientific breakthroughs. Few models are as dominant as the story of Man the Hunter. This theory of evolution and human nature argues that human beings: (1) are natural carnivores; (2) were always hunters; and (3) are inherently violent and aggressive. Not only prevalent in science, these assumptions spread into culture and everyday life, where they shaped anthropocentric worldviews and sedimented into common sense. Yet each element in the Man the Hunter model is a fiction and myth that both stems from and perpetuates false concepts of human identity. The prevalent notion of human nature has no grounding in historical reality and in fact is a social construction with troubling implications and consequences." For more on the brilliant article by Dr. Steven Best

http://biteclubkc.wordpress.com/2009/...

The idea of "Man the Hunter" is the generally accepted paradigm of human evolution, says Sussman, who recently served as editor of American Anthropologist. "It developed from a basic Judeo-Christian ideology of man being inherently evil, aggressive and a natural killer. In fact, when you really examine the fossil and living non-human primate evidence, that is just not the case."

Studying the fossil evidence

And examine the evidence they did. Sussman and Hart's research is based on studying the fossil evidence dating back nearly seven million years. "Most theories on Man the Hunter fail to incorporate this key fossil evidence," Sussman says. "We wanted evidence, not just theory. We thoroughly examined literature available on the skulls, bones, footprints and on environmental evidence, both of our hominid ancestors and the predators that coexisted with them."

Since the process of human evolution is so long and varied, Sussman and Hart decided to focus their research on one specific species, Australopithecus afarensis, which lived between five million and two and a half million years ago and is one of the better known early human species. Most paleontologists agree that Australopithecus afarensis is the common link between fossils that came before and those that came after. It shares dental, cranial and skeletal traits with both. It's also a very well-represented species in the fossil record.

"Man the hunter" theory debunked

Robert W. Sussman presented on the theory of Man the Hunted during "The Origin and Nature of Human Sociality" at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 19 as part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Annual Meeting Feb. 16-20 in St. Louis, MO.

http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/...

Anthony Marr interviews Jason Miller a deer advocacy and the creator of Thomas Paine's Corner and Dr. Steve Best Philosopher, Writer and Activists.

Jason Miller website - Bite club of KC

http://biteclubkc.wordpress.com/2009/...

http://civillibertarian.blogspot.com/

Dr. Steven Best

http://www.drstevebest.org/

Anthony Marr
Founder & President of Heal Our Planet Earth

http://www.all-creatures.org/hope/

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