Dogs Say Hello Too! We Are ALL Creatures Of More Or Less The Same Creation…
To understand humanity one has to understand evolution. Evolution came first. As animals, half a billion years of it. Evolution is deeper, inside, the more one burrows in the human psyche, the more evolution one finds, and much of this evolution is often out there in the open, such as the love of communication… without which there won’t be wisdom as a social phenomenon.
If one wants to understand evolution, observing other animals helps considerably. St. Francis of Assisi’s approach to animals emphasized compassion, empathy, and a deep spiritual connection with all living things…. And it was understood as a way to understand Creation… This revolutionary idea came from the Frenchman of Assisi, or FreMan of Assisi, and was viewed as such a breakthrough, that St Francis was immediately made a Saint (1228)!
We have gone further: we now know that we are pretty much self-created, so by understanding other animals we come to understand ourselves.Learning from Dogs and all other creatures is a must!.
Most traits we view as human were evolved by our main creator… the laws of physics, over hundreds of millions of generations taking life’s tough examinations. It is only recently that unnatural forces of human culture have started to meta-select natural and artificial selection.
Most of what we view as human derives from historicity (chance) and necessity (the laws of physics, with initial conditions of the PDEs given by historicity on a rolling basis).
Consider how people communicate. First, they want to. Even the notoriously misanthropic Nietsche, who didn’t communicate much face to face, made communication with the Plebs his number one activity. Animals communicate with gestures first, so communicating with hands and facial expressions came first. Animals have been created, advanced animals, in such a way that they can’t exist without communicating. Even species which were thought as asocial turn out to have a rich social life.
When humans communicate, they touch their hands. Why? Because hands are weapons, and when shaking hands, those weapons are used in a friendly way, and can’t be used aggressively. Dogs do exactly the same thing. Dogs give a friendly touch of the muzzle indicating that their main weapon, their set of canine teeth is not to be used. Evolution discovered, hundreds of million years ago, that it was very important to make friends and one had to show one’s intent, if it is friendly.
Just as all the animals “instincts”, what is necessary for a species to exist and thrive, came first. Human-like communications, with a highly tunable voice box is much more recent evolutionary speaking. In all human matters, one must look for the evolutionary roots first… If one is looking for understanding of the human species!
Patrice, thank you so much for your comprehensive reply. In your reply you add so much more understanding to my original post, that of the poster, plus you are very kind about LfD. When I met Jean in Mexico in 2007 she had 23 dog rescues under her care and we fell in love. I went out to Mexico in 2008 with my Pharaoh. All the dogs were fabulous, and much more! I started Learning from Dogs in 2009 because of the integrity I saw in the dogs. But then you know this! Thank you!
Learning from Dogs 
Dogs Say Hello Too! We Are ALL Creatures Of More Or Less The Same Creation…
To understand humanity one has to understand evolution. Evolution came first. As animals, half a billion years of it. Evolution is deeper, inside, the more one burrows in the human psyche, the more evolution one finds, and much of this evolution is often out there in the open, such as the love of communication… without which there won’t be wisdom as a social phenomenon.
If one wants to understand evolution, observing other animals helps considerably. St. Francis of Assisi’s approach to animals emphasized compassion, empathy, and a deep spiritual connection with all living things…. And it was understood as a way to understand Creation… This revolutionary idea came from the Frenchman of Assisi, or FreMan of Assisi, and was viewed as such a breakthrough, that St Francis was immediately made a Saint (1228)!
We have gone further: we now know that we are pretty much self-created, so by understanding other animals we come to understand ourselves. Learning from Dogs and all other creatures is a must!.
Most traits we view as human were evolved by our main creator… the laws of physics, over hundreds of millions of generations taking life’s tough examinations. It is only recently that unnatural forces of human culture have started to meta-select natural and artificial selection.
Most of what we view as human derives from historicity (chance) and necessity (the laws of physics, with initial conditions of the PDEs given by historicity on a rolling basis).
Consider how people communicate. First, they want to. Even the notoriously misanthropic Nietsche, who didn’t communicate much face to face, made communication with the Plebs his number one activity. Animals communicate with gestures first, so communicating with hands and facial expressions came first. Animals have been created, advanced animals, in such a way that they can’t exist without communicating. Even species which were thought as asocial turn out to have a rich social life.
When humans communicate, they touch their hands. Why? Because hands are weapons, and when shaking hands, those weapons are used in a friendly way, and can’t be used aggressively. Dogs do exactly the same thing. Dogs give a friendly touch of the muzzle indicating that their main weapon, their set of canine teeth is not to be used. Evolution discovered, hundreds of million years ago, that it was very important to make friends and one had to show one’s intent, if it is friendly.
Just as all the animals “instincts”, what is necessary for a species to exist and thrive, came first. Human-like communications, with a highly tunable voice box is much more recent evolutionary speaking. In all human matters, one must look for the evolutionary roots first… If one is looking for understanding of the human species!
Patrice Ayme
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Patrice, thank you so much for your comprehensive reply. In your reply you add so much more understanding to my original post, that of the poster, plus you are very kind about LfD. When I met Jean in Mexico in 2007 she had 23 dog rescues under her care and we fell in love. I went out to Mexico in 2008 with my Pharaoh. All the dogs were fabulous, and much more! I started Learning from Dogs in 2009 because of the integrity I saw in the dogs. But then you know this! Thank you!
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