I'm not saying she's necessarily wrong but that whole concept makes alot assumptions. There are many reasons, of which there is no way I'd be able to list them all, that this wouldn't really hold true. The first is that breaking femur is not easy. In fact most human will live their entire lives without breaking it. It is entirely in the scope of reason to have a civilization go for decades or centuries without someone falling into this category. Second, if you do break a femur it was probably a pretty nasty injury. It's extremely likely that that wasn't the only injury and complications can occur quite easily. If the person died from an infection or as a result of other injuries then of course their femur wouldn't be healed. That doesn't mean someone wasn't there trying to take care of them. I'm sure there are lots more scenarios. While I get the intent of what she said as a professor I'd think she take a little more care in what she says.
Yeah, it doesn't sound like a perfect theory (not to mention animals show compassion and care for one another - case in point the raven that's been feeding his mate with a broken beak for years). I find it mostly interesting that her thoughts went there as opposed to "when some guy rubbed two sticks together and got a wheel" or something.
The question was "civilisation", NOT human civilisation. Animals have societal structures and look after each other. She answered that civilisation starts with society, not technology, and your response is "nah, fam, fake."
In response to your claim about what I said, I will say: "Nah, fam. Fake." Because I said nothing even remotely resembling what you are claiming I did.
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My exact words were "it does not sound like a perfect theory."
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We pointed out potential flaws in the theory. Which there are, when applied to human societies.
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Given that the story specifically mentions clay pots (which animals do not make), the femur as the longest bone (which it IS in humans, and not in every animal), and that the very definition of civilization refers specifically to humans (though I'm not sure why), I'm not entirely certain how we came to the conclusion they were talking about humans.
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I don't know why I have to keep asking people not to put words in my mouth on this website all of a sudden.
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My exact words were "it does not sound like a perfect theory."
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We pointed out potential flaws in the theory. Which there are, when applied to human societies.
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Given that the story specifically mentions clay pots (which animals do not make), the femur as the longest bone (which it IS in humans, and not in every animal), and that the very definition of civilization refers specifically to humans (though I'm not sure why), I'm not entirely certain how we came to the conclusion they were talking about humans.
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I don't know why I have to keep asking people not to put words in my mouth on this website all of a sudden.