Who is this “we” who must now find pathways to sustainability?
Inflection points re: becoming modern humans and then ruinous developmentalists . . .
. split between proto-humans and proto-chimps 7 million years ago
. emergence of genus Homo 2.5 million years ago
. proto-language with Homo erectus 1.8 million years ago
. emergence of Homo sapiens 350,000 years ago
. behavioral modernity develops 150,000 to 50,000 years ago
. cultural Great Leap Forward, full language 50,000 years ago
. Neolithic Revolution starts 12,000 years ago
. transition to modernist “New Ways” (characterized by urbanism, statism, developmentalism, wealth accumulation, empire building, private property, patriarchy, habitat destruction) 5,000 years ago
. advent of industrialism 300 years ago
The early dates are all debated by paleontologists, archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists, etc.
