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Human Primates

established 1/10/2008 4:23 pm | updated 1/10/2008 4:23 pm

This group is for people interested in exploring the primate nature of human beings. There is increasing attention by researchers to demonstrating the cultural and individual similarities between humans and chimpanzees, as well as other primates. Does this begin to explain how important our unconscious minds are to the individual and collective decisions we all make?

Will a better understanding of our real human nature (apart from the myths of divinity and intellectual mastery) help us to create greater cultural values to offset our tendency to ignore matters like war and global warming until it is too late to prevent them?


GROUP MESSAGES:

Thanks, Katie. I deal with the same issues, of course. When I was growing up in the 1950-60's, I had a terrible time with having to write everything by hand, especially since I am left-handed (with poor penmanship) and some of the desks were not designed to be lefty-friendly. I did learn to type, but the typewriters available at that time weren't anything like word processors.

Today, most schools don't stress cursive writing as much as in the "old days." With the word processing, I can write all day - and too often spend most of my day in front of a computer. I still think that we should be careful to take frequent breaks for stretching, switch hands for using the mouse and spend plenty of time like our primate cousins just lounging around, relaxing - eating grapes perhaps.

I am grateful for Ode and for the wonderful people who are part of this community.

Peace,

Earon

posted by Earon on 1/21/2008 10:27 pm
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Greetings, all. I'm going to check with Ode to see whether there have been any technical problems with getting this group launched, but this is actually the first time the screen has given me the option of posting a comment. In the meantime, feel free to comment on the state of our species on this planet!

posted by Earon on 1/25/2008 12:10 am