18/ It appears to be a case of systems emergence, where the interaction of faculties such as invention, creativity, and communication gave rise to a new, higher level faculty of reflective consciousness.
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21/ Thereafter the evolution of humans was not primarily morphological or genetic but noetic: the evolution of reflective consciousness.
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22/ This noetic evolution can be divided into three overlapping phases: primeval, philosophical, and scientific.
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23/ First phase, primeval thinking. It evolved when the imperative was to survive and reproduce. It is characterized by creativity, invention, imagination, and beliefs.
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24/ About 10,000 years ago primeval thinking produced the realization that a more effective way than small, mainly kin-based groups constantly moving and adapting to a changing habitat in order to survive was to adapt a habitat to human needs.
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25/ The invention of agriculture and corresponding human settlements was associated with the understanding that this was best achieved through cooperation that also resulted in the trading of goods and ideas with other settlements.
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