Homo sapiens (rational man) is a species that combines biological and social essence

A rational man, or Homo sapiens, has undergone many changes since its inception, both in the structure of the body and in social and spiritual development.

The emergence of people who had a modernphysical appearance (type) and changed the ancient people, occurred in the late Paleolithic. Their skeletons were first discovered in the grotto Cro-Magnon in France, so people of this type were called Cro-Magnon. It was they who had the complex of all the basic physiological features that are characteristic of us. Their mental development compared to that of Neanderthals reached a high level. It is Cro-Magnon scientists who consider our direct ancestors.

For a while this type of people existedsimultaneously with the Neanderthals, who later died, since only the Cro-Magnons were sufficiently adapted to environmental conditions. It is their stone tools that go out of use, and they are replaced by more skilfully crafted bone and horn. In addition, there are more types of these tools - there are all sorts of drills, scrapers, harpoons and needles. This makes people more independent of climatic conditions and allows them to develop new territories. Reasonable man changes his behavior in relation to elders, a connection appears between generations - the continuity of traditions, the transfer of experience and knowledge.

Summarizing the above, we can highlight the main aspects of the formation of the species Homo sapiens:

1. spiritual and psychological development, which leads to self-knowledge and the development of abstract thinking. As a result - the emergence of art, as evidenced by cave paintings and paintings;
2. pronunciation of articulate sounds (birth of speech);
3. thirst for knowledge to pass them on to their fellow tribesmen;
4. the creation of new, more sophisticated tools;
5. Neolithic revolution, which allowed to tame (domesticate) wild animals and civilize plants.

These events have become an important milestone in the development of man. They allowed him not to depend on the habitat and

even control some of its parties. A rational person continues to undergo changes, the most important of which is scientific and technical progress.

Using the benefits of modern civilization,progress, man is still trying to establish power over the forces of nature: changing the flow of the rivers, draining the swamps, populating the territories in which life was previously impossible.

According to modern classification, the view "ManReasonable "is divided into 2 subspecies -" Man Idaltu "and" Reasonable Reasonable Man. "This division into subspecies appeared after the discovery in 1997 of remains that had some anatomical features similar to the skeleton of modern man, in particular the size of the skull.

According to scientific data, reasonable manappeared 70-60 thousand years ago, and during all this time of its existence as a species, it was improved under the influence of social forces only, because no changes were detected from the anatomical and physiological structure.