Hominization

Hominization

Hominization refers to the process of becoming human.

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Paleontology

The first formations of social Man or in Marxist terms, the role of social labour in the development of humans from apes. Many attempts have been made at explaining this, from in Classical times, Hobbes, Rousseau to Hegel. The contemporary study of hominization is found in archeology and often looks for signs that mark out human habitations from pre-human forms, examples of this being the use of burial gifts etc...

Theology

In ancient philosophy, it referred to the ensoulment of the human fetus. When the soul is said to enter the fetus at some time later than conception, this is sometimes called "delayed hominization", as in the Aristotelian belief in ensoulment 40 days after conception.[1]

Literature

See also: Anthropomorphism

This term is used to describe the tendency to attribute human characteristics to entities that are other than human. Example; "My dog's separation anxiety", etc.

Notes

  • [1] The Part played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man]
  • [2] Dialectics of nature Ch. 09
  • [3] On the Generation of Animals, Aristotle, Book II

References

  1. ^ Haldane, John; Lee, Patrick (2003). "Aquinas on Human Ensoulment, Abortion and the Value of Life". Philosophy 78: 255–278. http://www2.franciscan.edu/plee/aquinas_on_human_ensoulment.htm. . For a refutation of "delayed hominization," see also this article by Benedict Ashley.

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