Experimental One-Sided Choppers Relating Neuromuscular Human Abilities to Heart Rates and Technological Evolution
The length of time it takes to experimentally make one-sided choppers, as found in the fossil record, bears a linear relationship to the knapping process of fabricating them. In addition, this temporal frame appears to be related to human heart rates measured as beats per minute, which act as a phys...
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| description | The length of time it takes to experimentally make one-sided choppers, as found in the fossil record, bears a linear relationship to the knapping process of fabricating them. In addition, this temporal frame appears to be related to human heart rates measured as beats per minute, which act as a physiological metronome. We achieved these observations, assuming that any paleolithic one-sided chopper has the information needed to estimate, quantitatively, the number of strikes on it. The experimental data allow us to establish the total timing needed for the standard fabricating of any one-sided chopper. We discuss issues derived from these experimental results, showing the evolution of human neurological abilities from 2.4 million years ago to the Modern period via the duration of time needed for making one chopper to that needed to play a 19th-century music score on a piano. Given that the neuronal and physiological distance between both actions differs by a factor of 6, we propose the concept of “technome” to measure human evolution by using methodological homogeneous metrics applied to these two human technologic objects: the chopper and the piano. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34548629f5584260b21aa1647bf3efe42023-11-19T10:59:42ZengMDPI AGHumans2673-94612023-08-013319320210.3390/humans3030016Experimental One-Sided Choppers Relating Neuromuscular Human Abilities to Heart Rates and Technological EvolutionIgor Parra0Luisa Morales1Javier Mar2Eudald Carbonell3Fundación Atapuerca, Ibeas de Juarros 09198, Burgos, SpainMelbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, AustraliaAP-OSI Research Unit, Alto Deba Integrated Health Care Organization, 20500 Arrasate-Mondragon, SpainFundación Atapuerca, Ibeas de Juarros 09198, Burgos, SpainThe length of time it takes to experimentally make one-sided choppers, as found in the fossil record, bears a linear relationship to the knapping process of fabricating them. In addition, this temporal frame appears to be related to human heart rates measured as beats per minute, which act as a physiological metronome. We achieved these observations, assuming that any paleolithic one-sided chopper has the information needed to estimate, quantitatively, the number of strikes on it. The experimental data allow us to establish the total timing needed for the standard fabricating of any one-sided chopper. We discuss issues derived from these experimental results, showing the evolution of human neurological abilities from 2.4 million years ago to the Modern period via the duration of time needed for making one chopper to that needed to play a 19th-century music score on a piano. Given that the neuronal and physiological distance between both actions differs by a factor of 6, we propose the concept of “technome” to measure human evolution by using methodological homogeneous metrics applied to these two human technologic objects: the chopper and the piano.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9461/3/3/16homininschopperheart ratepiano playingtechnome |
| spellingShingle | Igor Parra Luisa Morales Javier Mar Eudald Carbonell Experimental One-Sided Choppers Relating Neuromuscular Human Abilities to Heart Rates and Technological Evolution Humans hominins chopper heart rate piano playing technome |
| title | Experimental One-Sided Choppers Relating Neuromuscular Human Abilities to Heart Rates and Technological Evolution |
| title_full | Experimental One-Sided Choppers Relating Neuromuscular Human Abilities to Heart Rates and Technological Evolution |
| title_fullStr | Experimental One-Sided Choppers Relating Neuromuscular Human Abilities to Heart Rates and Technological Evolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental One-Sided Choppers Relating Neuromuscular Human Abilities to Heart Rates and Technological Evolution |
| title_short | Experimental One-Sided Choppers Relating Neuromuscular Human Abilities to Heart Rates and Technological Evolution |
| title_sort | experimental one sided choppers relating neuromuscular human abilities to heart rates and technological evolution |
| topic | hominins chopper heart rate piano playing technome |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9461/3/3/16 |
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