The ongoing evolution of humanness: perspectives from Darwin to de Chardin

The nature of humanness is discussed from observations made by Aristotle in 4th-century Greece, through to those of Charles Darwin, Teilhard de Chardin and William Shakespeare. Attempts to define humanness upon a narrow range of criteria, as some have tried, is argued as flawed, for humanness is mor...

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Main Author: J. Buckeridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2010-02-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
Online Access:http://192.168.0.108/index.php/sajs/article/view/10013