The First Sign of Civilization

Anthropologist Margaret Mead said the first evidence of civilization was a 15,000 year old fractured femur. Compassion is wired into us as homo sapiens; it's an evolutionary capacity that correlates with development of our prefrontal cortex and relational circuitry in the brain. When primal energies get strong, they take over pretty quickly and we lose touch. And that's why it takes cultivation.