Cognitive Revolution

The Cognitive Revolution, roughly 70,000 years ago, was a major shift in human history when early Homo sapiens developed enhanced language, imagination, and abstract thinking. This allowed for better communication, cooperation, and the creation of complex tools, art, and culture. It enabled humans to share ideas, plan for the future, and build societies more advanced than other species. Essentially, the Cognitive Revolution marked the beginning of humans thinking in sophisticated, symbolic ways, which set us apart and paved the way for our rapid development and global dominance.