GP lesson 2: Sapiens

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Humans and other Species

Lesson 1: Introduction 

TTO 1

Global Perspectives

2021

Today

1. repetition

2. the characters

3. what does it mean to be human?

4. Rebels of the Savannah

5. Theories

6. the cognitive revolution

7. coming soon in Sapiens

conclusions of lesson 1

- students: we are more intelligent 

- Greek mythology: Humans have the fire that Prometheus stole for us

- we are a species like all the other species

- Yuval Noah Harari combines certain sciences to come to an understanding about US

After every class: 

write down what you have learned;

take notes next to the drawings/ questions you made during class. Keep a gp notebook!

2. Meet the characters

according to Harari, why do humans run the world?

3. Rebels of the Savannah

what can you find about this type of human?

4. Theories

Theories

- an explanation of an aspect of the natural world

- made by scientists

- they can be tested/ measured/ evaluated

- not the same as a FACT

Facts

Theories

certain

the world's DATA

structures of ideas

interpretation

a Scientific theory

- a statement about a relationship between facts

- it's scientific

- therefore it is not a guess!

- as additional scientific evidence is gathered, a scientific theory may be modified. 

can you give an example of a scientific theory?

which theory do you consider to be more likely?

interbreeding theory

replacement theory

Gen van neanderthaler ‘schuldig’ aan deel ernstige Covid-gevallen

Genen van neanderthaler-voorouders zouden in sommige gevallen zorgen voor een ernstiger verloop van Covid-19. Dat stellen Duitse onderzoekers in het gerenommeerde natuurwetenschappelijke tijdschrift Nature.

Marlies van Leeuwen 01-10-20, 10:39 Laatste update: 11:16

Een team van experts gespecialiseerd in de genetica van neanderthalers heeft een stukje dna onderzocht dat wordt geassocieerd met de meer ernstigere gevallen van Covid-19. Dat stukje dna is vergeleken met dna-strengen waarvan duidelijk is dat die zijn doorgegeven aan Europeanen en Aziaten die afstammen van neanderthalers. Mensen die het erfelijke materiaal hebben, hebben volgens de onderzoekers drie keer meer kans om beademd te moeten worden als ze ziek worden van het coronavirus.

How do you think the ability to make fire changed the peoples' lives?

5. cognitive revolution

70.000 BCE

when Sapiens evolved imagination

created fictions

and began to cooperate on a large scale

the Lionness woman from the Stadel Cave in Germany 

32.000 bce

This is one of the first examples of art, and probably of religion, and of the ability of the human mind to imagine things that do not really exist. 

what is fiction?
Where have you seen fiction today?

6. next week:

our recent way of Life:

when we still lived in Paradise

hunters and gatherers