A deep dive for Dennett/Jaynes readers arguing Eve Theory of Consciousness supplies the concrete gene–culture origin story Dennett’s narrative self model leaves open.
Cultural Evolution - Research Articles
How Eve Theory of Consciousness Answers Dennett’s Question of the Narrative Self
A deep dive into how EToC provides the specific historical and mechanical ‘software update’ that Dennett’s narrative self theory requires but leaves undefined.
Memetic Eve Meets Dual Inheritance: Why EToC Should Matter to Gene–Culture Coevolution
An expert-friendly introduction to dual inheritance theory that argues the Eve Theory of Consciousness is a stronger gene–culture account of how humans became psychologically modern.
Australian Dreaming Myths and the Dawn of Consciousness
How Dreaming narratives—Djanggawul, Wawalag Sisters, Rainbow Serpent—encode a prehistoric shift toward self‑aware, language‑driven culture.
Snake Cult of Consciousness and the Sapient Paradox
The Snake Cult of Consciousness reframes the Sapient Paradox: behavioral modernity emerged ~15 kya through memetic—not genetic—diffusion of selfhood.