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Did ‘Man The Hunter’ Alone Develop Our Primitive Mind?

by Dr K N Bastola on Aug 13, 2010

The unit cells in the brain that allow us to think are called neurons. Our brain has billions of them; interconnected billions of times. All perceived through our senses are stored in the brain. It follows that more the experience, more the information and more the sharing between neurons. Brain has got this innate ability to come up with answer, when a query posed to it. This answer could be in the form of a new idea. No wonder they say, ‘necessity is the mother of invention’.


Our primal brain was no different. In fact, we are now beginning to understand that even animals can think, reflect and bring about new to get food. The only problem is that they do, almost everything, for the sake of food, defense and procreation. However, there is a big difference between the primitive mind of our ancestors and ours- living in today’s modern world. We are able to think a lot more and our brain has much more ideas than theirs. From this, it is clear that our mind...Read More >>