OVERVIEW OF
THE HUMAN SENSE OF TIME
This is now the sixth year of my blog, DeconstructingTime.
For this January 2018 post, I have put together 34 articles from my archives. These articles describe, in roughly chronological order, the development of human time from our earliest beginnings as homo sapiens sapiens up to today.
(Left) This realistic painting of a bison is about 15,000 years old and was painted by a Paleolithic 'caveman' in the Cave of Altamira in Spain. This work was accomplished with a multi-colored spray-paint technique in the darkness of the cave. This demonstrates the remarkable skills, powers of observation, and memory humans had even in Paleolithic times.
(Right) A photograph of a European bison today (a somewhat different bison species), showing the accuracy of the cave painting on the left.
These ideas are similar to and concur with the modern science of prospection. This new science holds that the key difference between humans and animals is that we are constantly thinking about the future which requires a sense of time and a memory of the past.
The Modern Science of Prospection Confirms Ideas in This Blog,
DeconstructingTime
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2017/10/modern-science-confirms-deconstructingtime-blog.html
This blog has been online since 2012. It has now registered 59,000 pageviews and in the last two years has averaged 1500 pageviews a month. The audience is worldwide as this publication reaches people in more than half of the countries in the world. Several blog posts have been reprinted at major websites.
I have also compiled five years of this blog into a 600-page ebook which you can download for free at:
FREE: (PDF/eBook) Deconstructing Time, 3rd Edition: Illustrated Essay-blogs About the Human Experience of Time
http://www.academia.edu/33711933/_PDF_eBook_Deconstructing_Time_3rd_Edition_Illustrated_Essay-blogs_About_the_Human_Experience_of_Time
The eBook is also available in the epub format:
http://www.academia.edu/33713236/_EPUB_eBook_Deconstructing_Time_3rd_Edition_Illustrated_Essay-blogs_About_the_Human_Experience_of_Time
All of my work on this blog is now published under the Creative Commons copyright which means you can use and quote my material as long as you credit me.
Most of these blog-articles are also available as stand-alone pdf documents you can view and/or download for free at the Academia.edu website. In the last three years, Academia.edu has recorded over 6000 views of my documents, with about 1500 downloads, 200+ followers, and with an audience from more than half of the countries in the world. My work has consistently been in the top 2-5% at this academic website for the last two years.
https://unc.academia.edu/RickDoble/Papers-About-the-Human-Experience-of-Time
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The following links are in roughly chronological order,
i.e., the order that the human sense of time developed,
expanded, and then became part of cultures and civilizations.
i.e., the order that the human sense of time developed,
expanded, and then became part of cultures and civilizations.
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THE BEGINNINGS OF THE HUMAN SENSE OF TIME
Human Biology: Animal Senses Compared to the Human Sense of Time
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2014/08/animal-senses-compared-to-human-sense.html
Patterns & Memory
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/11/patterns-memory.html
The Human Revolution: Symbolic Culture
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-human-revolution-symbolic-culture.html
How Our Concept of Time Is Embedded & Derived from Our Language
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2017/02/concept-of-time-embedded-in-language.html
Time & Consciousness
http://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2014/12/time-consciousness.html
Virtual Human Meta-Time
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/01/virtual-human-meta-time.html
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UPPER PALEOLITHIC
The Genius of Cavemen
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-genius-of-cavemen.html
The Birth oF Religion: A Response to the Ideas of Jacques Cauvin
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2017/12/birth-of-gods-in-neolithic-ideas-of-jacques-cauvin.html
Creation Myths and Consciousness
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2017/04/creation-myths-and-consciousness.html
The Modern-centric Bias Against Prehistoric Cultures: Part 1 & 2
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-moderncentric-bias-against.html
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-moderncentric-bias-against.html
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NEOLITHIC, ANCIENT, AND CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS
Computing the Winter Solstice at Newgrange: Was Neolithic Science Equal To or Better Than Ancient Greek or Roman Science?
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2015/03/computing-winter-solstice-at-newgrange.html
The Ancient Manipulation of Time: Part 1
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-ancient-manipulation-of-time-part-1.html
The Development of Consciousness & the Origins of Modern Religion
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-development-of-consciousness.html
Stone-Age Scientific & Astronomical Instruments: Newgrange & Portuguese Burial Tombs Compared
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2016/08/stone-age-astronomical-instruments.html
Neolithic Fertility Symbolism During the Winter Solstice at the Newgrange Passage Tomb in Ireland
https://www.academia.edu/13588773/Neolithic_Fertility_Symbolism_During_the_Winter_Solstice_at_the_Newgrange_Passage_Tomb_in_Ireland
The Myth of Prometheus and the Modern Science-Psychology of Prospection
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2017/11/science-of-prospection-myth-of-prometheus.html
Winter Solstice Celebrations: Roman Saturnalia and Modern Christmas
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2015/11/winter-solstice-celebrations-roman.html
How the Cities Were Dark and the Stars Visible Until Modern Times
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2014/07/light-pollution-is-blotting-out-stars.html
How the Discredited Geocentric Cosmos Was a Critical Component of the Scientific Revolution
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-discredited-geocentric-cosmos-was.html
The Ancient Manipulation of Time: Part 2
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-ancient-manipulation-of-time-part-2.html
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MODERN TIME
Ancient Beliefs in Modern Culture
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2015/10/ancient-beliefs-in-modern-culture.html
How Photography Changed Time: Part 1 & 2
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-photography-changed-time-part-1.html
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-photography-changed-time-part-2.html
A Revolution in Time in the Modern Era
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-revolution-in-time.html
Modern Time: Time as a Commodity
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/12/modern-time-time-as-commodity.html
School's Most Important Subject: Time
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2014/11/schools-most-important-subject-time.html
How Culture Plays With Time: Part 1 & 2
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/05/games-time-part-1.html
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-culture-plays-with-time-part-2.html
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THE FUTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/06/global-warming-future-part-1.html
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2013/06/global-warming-future-part-2.html
How our ancient instincts continue to affect our behavior, especially with modern technology and climate change.
Why We Don't Deal With Climate Change
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2017/09/why-we-dont-deal-with-climate-change.html
Human Nature, Climate Change, and Modern Technology
https://deconstructingtime.blogspot.com/2017/09/climate-change-and-modern-technology.html
