Why is the disappearance of the “Neanderthal” Man 30,000 years ago, significant today ? (Part E)

In the previous section(Part D) of our article on the "Neanderthal"Man, we mentioned that the "Cro-Magnon"Man was the first human being to create a "culture", using our general definition of culture which translates into"…the beliefs, way of life, art, and customs that are shared and accepted by people in a particular society…".The social pre-requisites needed to create an "organized culture" are many, some we have already specified when we described the everyday patterns of life, the everyday human behavior, the everyday social habits and the social organization of the groups of Cro-Magnon humans; that "human specie" which established itself throughout Europe, coming from the Middle East and North Africa more than 45,000 years ago. I believe that it is vital for us to outline once again, some of the human parameters which permitted the Cro-Magnons to create the first "organized society" and the first "organized culture" in their "primitive form". The basic "human ingredients" or "capacities" which were utilized creatively and effectively by the Cro-Magnons, materializing in a viable social organization and culture were four .First, there was "abstract thinking", based on concepts which go beyond specific examples. "Abstract thinking" can produce voice sounds with a certain "practical application" which…

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