TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - From homininity to humanity: Compassion from the earliest archaics to modern humans
JO  - Time and mind
SP  - 303
EP  - 325
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - We are increasingly aware of the role of emotions and emotional construction in social relationships. However, despite their significance, there are few constructs or theoretical approaches to the evolution of emotions that can be related to the prehistoric archaeological record. Whilst we frequently discuss how archaic humans might have thought, how they felt might seem to be beyond the realm of academic inquiry. In this paper we aim to open up the debate into the construction of emotion in early prehistory by proposing key stages in the emotional motivation to help others; the feeling of compassion, in human evolution. We review existing literature on compassion and highlight what appear to be particularly significant thresholds in the development of compassion for human social relationships and the evolution of the human mind.<p />
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SN  - 1751-696X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175169610X12754030955977
ID  - ref1
ER  -