Tag Archives: Matt Rossano
Fireside Trance drives Selection for Enhanced Attention & Working Memory via Baldwin Effect
Fireside hypnotizability Following up on a previous post tracking down the original sources for the December Smithsonian piece about hearth fires & cognitive evolution, evolutionary psychologist Matt Rossano’s “Did Meditating Make Us Human?” spins out a model similar to & … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptation, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Evolution, Hypotheses
Tagged Baldwin effect, fireside relaxation, Matt Rossano
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Manning a perpetual fire was linked to language & social network development
The December 2012 issues of Smithsonian Magazine had a fire theme, & archaeologist Thomas Wynn contributed a short piece on the influence of fire in the evolution of the human mind. He briefs the work of three researchers doing work … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Archaeology
Tagged fire, fireside relaxation, Frederick Coolidge, John Gowlett, Matt Rossano, Smithsonian
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