Source : -http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/25/prehistoric-human-social-networks-much-like-our-own-study-finds/ |
Consciously
or unconsciously, all of us are historians. We can plan for the future only
because we remember the past. We can add to our knowledge only because we do
not lose memory of former experiences (Strayer, Y., Joseph. Gatzke, W.,
Hans). Language facilitated the
transmission of culture – the life ways of a group – from one generation to the
other. Cultural adaptations have allowed the human race to spread across the
globe. ‘A critical feature in hominid evolution is dependence on cultural
learning. Through culture people create, remember and deal with the ideas’
(Kottak, Phillip, Conrad. Mirror for Humanity). The increased acceleration in
the overall developments leading the advanced humans of today with its changed
way of living especially in the last two centuries had given a limited time to
understand the entire phenomenon with which it was undergoing. Prior to it, the
phases were long enough (I’ll be writing about the different transitional
phases that the race of humanity has experienced in the past, once I gets
finished with its details and research work) and the developments were
occurring at a comparative very slow rate, hence a sufficient time gifted to
the human race was grabbed by him wisely. But, the set of inventions lead to
the advancement of the societies and its culture leaving behind the roots of
our existence far behind and of very less importance.
The
settlements earlier were mostly self-sufficient, although trade used to happen
as well. The human race used to maintain a balance between him and the nature.
But, for the last two centuries around, emphasis has been given to extend in
terms of area and infrastructure leaving behind the standards of human
existence and its way of living. Humans, as the trends goes by, has learned
from his mistakes and evolved rather into a more prosperous society, will
emerge in this case as well and the trends of basic living standards of human
lives will gain back its importance with certain changes in the approach,
increased awareness in the inhabitants about the cities/urban space, they
resides in and reformulation of the urban planning academic module with the
inclusion and emphasis been given towards the trends of the human settlements,
characteristics of a human being, its natural behaviour, as the place meant to
evolve after the implementation process(as the city grows) will be a place for him to live-in. The
ignorance to these things has been largely paid by the human community and the
changes are to be made at the ground level itself.
The
study and knowledge of the past trends of development makes the prediction for
the growth efficient and comparatively easy. The ‘Forward Planning’ approach
may be reframed with the current planning approach as the acceleration of the
current development of trends seem to be getting even more complex for the
coming decades and it’s the duty of the planners to provide in with the living
values which the human being deserves and relates with even more efficiently in
order to increase the productivity for the increasing burden of population
especially in the developing countries like India and China.
Source : - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/laws-transformed-early-human-society |
San Bushmen who are direct descendants of the first Modern Humans Photograph: National Geographic Society Source :- http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10009121.shtml |
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