Timmy Cat<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Life</span></a> 3.5 billion years<br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sex</span></a> 2.1 billion years<br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Body" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Body</span></a> 1 billion years<br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mind" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mind</span></a> 750 million years<br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Compassion</span></a> 300 million (Amniote) <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Social" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Social</span></a> Ape - 4 million<br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Technological</span></a> Ape - 2 million (Fire, Tools, Language)<br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HomoSapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HomoSapiens</span></a> - 200,000 years<br /> <br />Sex came before bodies. On the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/metaphysical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>metaphysical</span></a> scale, the body-types with which we are familiar evolved to make sure sex would function. </p><p>After 2.1 billion years of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>evolution</span></a>, it&#39;s no surprise that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humans</span></a> are not a strict <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/binary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>binary</span></a> regarding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sexuality</span></a>. In the individual scale, sex is different things to different people. </p><p>The mind evolved to protect the body. Compassion evolved to protect new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/generations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>generations</span></a>. No compassion, no extended <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>development</span></a>. No compassion, no cooperation. No cooperation , no <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>society</span></a>. </p><p>Raise a glass to our distant ancestor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amniotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Amniotes</span></a> who were nurturers of offspring. Raise a glass to our much less distant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hominid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hominid</span></a> ancestors who bequeathed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>language</span></a> and other tools for survival. </p><p>All that is metaphysically still part of us.</p><p>Each set of generations will inform the minds of new generations on how to use their bodies. </p><p>Societies really are responsible for the adults within. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Culture</span></a> is the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/teacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>teacher</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>parents</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/socialconstructivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialconstructivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>psychology</span></a></p>