Something Happened to Humanity We Still Can't Explain
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Ancient Mesopotamian creation stories and modern discoveries in human genetics both point toward the same unresolved question: what happened that made humanity become what it is?
More than 4,000 years ago, ancient Mesopotamian texts described humanity as something deliberately fashioned by the gods.
Today, genetics and archaeology are still trying to explain what made humans change so dramatically. From human accelerated regions like HAR1 to the rise of symbolic thought, art, ritual, and complex culture, modern science has uncovered its own unanswered questions about human origins.
The ancient stories are not proof of genetic engineering. But they leave a striking mystery: why did so many early cultures preserve stories about humanity being created, altered, or remade?
The Sumerians did not have the language of genetics.
They had the language of gods.