Where did Humans come from? A course of lectures

Neanderthals. Image by Zdeněk Burian / WikiMedia Commons

Where did Humans come from? A course of lectures

London Cult.

Education

9 November 2024

< 1 min.

For millennia, philosophers, priests, and poets have debated whether the spirit or body has primacy in humans. These debates are vibrant and fascinating, but they rarely lead to conclusions. However, when biologists joined the discussion, answers slowly began to emerge, and the past started to solidify from out of the mists of time.

Friedrich Engels believed that labor created humans, but modern scientists argue that love, children’s curiosity, and long-distance running played a much more significant role in the formation and development of our species. In his new lecture series for the Qalam online magazine, paleontologist Alexander Markov explains how and why Homo sapiens emerged, talks about human evolution and our environment’s role in it.

Read the free course of lectures here.