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Michael Levin on Collective Intelligences

I Must Not Speak Your Language (Linguistic v. Material Differences)

Genesis 11 (New International Version)

The Tower of Babel

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 

2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b] and settled there.

3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 

4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 

6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 

7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 

9 That is why it was called Babel[c]—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth. 

From Shem to Abram

10 This is the account of Shem’s family line.

Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father[d] of Arphaxad. 

11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. 

13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.[e]

14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. 

15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. 

17 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. 

19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 

21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. 

23 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 

25 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. 

Abram’s Family

27 This is the account of Terah’s family line.

Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. 

28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 

29 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. 

30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran. 

Footnotes

Genesis 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east
Genesis 11:2 That is, Babylonia
Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
Genesis 11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25.
Genesis 11:13 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also Luke 3:35, 36 and note at Gen. 10:24) 35 years, he became the father of Cainan. 13 And after he became the father of Cainan, Arphaxad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan had lived 130 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters.

Intelligence Development as a Life Process - The Grandmother (Menopause) Hypothesis

from Google AI:

The grandmother hypothesis proposes that menopause evolved in humans because post-reproductive women (grandmothers) increased their inclusive fitness by helping raise grandchildren rather than continuing to bear their own children, which becomes risky with age. This support (provisioning, care) ensures better survival for their genetic relatives. 

Key Aspects of the Grandmother Hypothesis: 

• Adaptive Evolution: Instead of being a mere byproduct of longer life, menopause is considered an evolved adaptation where, as women age, the costs of reproduction outweigh the benefits. 
• Inclusive Fitness: By aiding their offspring's children, grandmothers ensure that their own genes are passed down, even though their direct reproductive lifespan has ended. 
• Evidence: Studies of hunter-gatherer societies (e.g., Hadza) suggest that children whose mothers receive help from grandmothers are more likely to survive and thrive, especially after weaning.
• The "Grandmother Effect": Proximity to grandmothers has been associated with higher fertility in daughters and improved survival rates for grandchildren, providing empirical support for the theory. 

Challenges and Nuance: 

• Alternative Theories: Other theories exist, such as the "mother hypothesis" (focusing on the costs to the mother herself) or the idea that menopause is a byproduct of longevity rather than a directly selected trait. 
• Comparison with Primates: While many mammals, including other primates, do not live long after their reproductive years, the phenomenon of surviving long past menopause is seen in humans, some whales, and a few other species. 

The hypothesis remains a central, though debated, explanation in evolutionary anthropology for why human females live for decades after their reproductive years conclude.