Homo sapiens - a species that combines the biological and social essence

A reasonable person, or Homo sapiens, has undergone many changes since its inception - both in the structure of the body, and in social, spiritual development.

The emergence of people who had a modern physical appearance (type) and replaced the ancient people, occurred in the Late Paleolithic. Their skeletons were first discovered in the grotto of Cromagnon in France, so people of this type were called Cro-Magnons. It was they who had a complex of all the basic physiological features that are characteristic of us. Their mental development in comparison with that of Neanderthals has reached a high level. It is Cro-Magnon scientists who consider our direct ancestors.

For some time this type of people existed simultaneously with the Neanderthals, which later perished, as only the Cro-Magnon people were sufficiently adapted to the environmental conditions. It is they who have their stone tools out of use, and they are replaced with more skillfully crafted from bones and horns. In addition, there are more types of these tools - there are all kinds of drills, scrapers, harpoons and needles. This makes people more independent of climatic conditions and allows them to develop new territories. A reasonable person changes his behavior towards the elders, a link appears between generations - continuity of traditions, transfer of experience, knowledge.

Summarizing the above, we can identify the main aspects of the emergence of the species Homo sapiens:

1. Spiritual and psychological development, which leads to self-knowledge and development of abstract thinking. As a consequence - the emergence of art, as evidenced by rock paintings and paintings;
2. Pronunciation of articulate sounds (the origin of speech);
3. The thirst for knowledge to pass on to their fellow tribesmen;
4. The creation of new, more sophisticated tools;
5. Neolithic revolution, which allowed to tame (domesticate) wild animals and cultivate plants.

These events have become an important milestone in the formation of man. It was they who allowed him not to depend on the environment and Even control some of its parties. A reasonable person continues to undergo changes, the most important of which is scientific and technological progress.

Using the benefits of modern civilization, progress, man is still trying to establish power over the forces of nature: changing the flow of rivers, draining swamps, populating the territories on which life was previously impossible.

According to modern classification, the species "Homo sapiens" is divided into 2 subspecies - "Man Idultu" and "Homo sapiens reasonable". This division into subspecies emerged after the discovery in 1997 of remains that had some anatomical features similar to the skeleton of modern man, in particular the size of the skull.

According to scientific data, an intelligent man appeared 70-60 thousand years ago, and for all this time of his existence as a species, he was perfected under the influence of only social forces, because no anatomical and physiological changes were found.