Read Yuval Harari's "A Brief History of Humanity", which puts forward an interesting hypothesis about the rapid development of Homo sapiens after the second time out of Africa. He believes that the ability of Homo sapiens to tell stories in language led to the unprecedented unity. When Homo sapiens understands how to build an organization and how to use the power of a team, Homo sapiens really becomes human.
This assumption makes sense. I remember when I was in junior high school, the political class textbook said that labor creates people, but I have never understood why labor can create people? Primates such as monkeys, orangutans can also work and even use tools, but why can't they grow into humans? Aren't all living things laboring for survival and reproduction?
The further refinement of language has led to the improvement of storytelling ability, and human beings have finally ushered in rapid development.
"Story" allows everyone to have common beliefs, which leads to the emergence of beliefs, and the beginning of primitive religions. Common beliefs classify a group of people into a group. It has gradually evolved into a nation, country, region, sect, etc. in the modern sense.
I don't think that the basis for judging a nation is blood. It's more of a cultural identity. For example, the Han nationality does not pay attention to ancestry, such as "Wuhu entering China". Moreover, in China, many ethnic minorities have also been sinicized, such as the Zhuang people. Except for the holiday on March 3rd, most of them may not realize the difference between themselves and the Han people.
For millions of years, the human instinct to find similarities with each other, and then different people come together to form groups has not changed. As small as a company, a class forms sects, as large as different political parties, sects of different beliefs, different countries and ethnic groups. Once it is determined that you are not from our circle, it is necessary to retaliate, or even destroy.
In the movie "Warren", Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, in this area of Warren, the murder of each other was extremely fearful. It is said that the film shows only one tenth of the real events. A neighbor who was once friendly has become a devil. Have you ever imagined that a neighbor who was still working side by side in the field a few years ago will stick a farm tool in your stomach, goug out your eyes, peel your skin, use an axe a few years later Cut off your head on the threshold.
And more ironically, Ukrainians and Poles are all Slavs.
It can be said that Homo sapiens was able to stand out from apes such as Neanderthal Homo erectus, and quickly stood at the top of the food chain. This kind of gene that finds common ground and aggregates into groups flows in our blood.
In this natural world, the most terrifying species is none other than us Homo sapiens.
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