The exhibit is far and away the best presentation of research and processes I have ever encountered. This was my second trip, but my 4th walk through the hall. It was also my most thorough walk. Pat and I bounced ideas and thoughts off each other as we read and listened and watched the different phases of the exhibit. At one point, there was a definite turning point in the lives of the early humans that was striking to us. It was a a point, and I wish now I had noted what the time frame was, when the humans began to wear covering and to socialize within groups, and it seemed there had been a transition from spending the entirety of one's day gathering food just to sustain life for the day.
It seemed to us that there had been a change in how these early humans obtained and prepared life sustaining food and water. We mused on the process that would allow individuals to specialize as farmers, game hunters and other food stock providers in exchange for other goods and services the rest of the group could provide. Pat immediately came up with the concept of protection. I don't know if he was thinking of protection of the farmer or gathers life or the food stocks and I also don't know if he meant protection from animals or other humans that would steal the food. But it seemed that there was a turning point in the way the energies of each day were employed as they began to recognize that banding together in groups as social identities worked for all their good.
If you have the chance to spend a morning or an afternoon in this free exhibit you really should. How anyone could thoughtfully with an open mind examine this exhibit and still resist evolution is beyond me. You simply can't refute the evidence uncovered in the research that is now nearly 200 years in process. The facts are there. You can not dismiss them.
As I process more and learn more in this life long pursuit of truth about our origins I'll post them. I don't really post for anyone's approval, I hope I have made that clear before. This posting is my journal of my journey. The reason I use a public forum is because I strive to write as lucid as I can. And the belief that others may read this keeps me on my toes.
