Anonymous a37840c3a80ba16e6671c6527301cb1f started this discussion 3 months (2008-09-04 03:02:16 UTC) ago:
When was the exact time when humanity discovered of what they had inside them? I mean when did they discover organs and anything that wasn't already outside their bodies without x-rays or medical supplies? Also, we did they think before, that they were a special being created by God? So for every sickness they acquired was nothing more but, "devil related?"
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Anonymous 44e346f22b170829fc364c34b4d40331 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 06:43:47 UTC) ago, 4 hours later (#57,253):
I would say egpyt, or maybe eariler.
Going into detail is not what I want to do.
Google it.
Anonymous d44095b6e723c0d0c77824ab1238c971 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 07:30:18 UTC) ago, 47 minutes later (#57,264):
My best guess is that there have been closet homos for centuries. Too bad they didn't stay there through my generation…
Anonymous a37840c3a80ba16e6671c6527301cb1f (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 07:31:31 UTC) ago, 1 minute later (#57,265):
@57,264Who said anything about gays? o.o
Anonymous a3b944a1d8f266b184d4bc390919117e replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 07:39:29 UTC) ago, 8 minutes later (#57,269):
Ever since humans started eating animals, they knew what was inside themselves. They found out for sure after they saw animals eating humans. I don't think they gave much thought to illness, but I am sure they noticed the rate of infection increased and decreased based on climate, cleanliness, possibly diet, and other factors.
Anonymous a37840c3a80ba16e6671c6527301cb1f (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 07:49:47 UTC) ago, 10 minutes later (#57,276):
@57,269But how did they know what those organs were? Did they have their own names for them or did they just ignore it? If you are referring to early humanity, our brains weren't really evolved that much at the time was it?
Anonymous c19ea8f8f3f6c0c70e6b6774644f29ed replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 10:40:23 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#57,330):
@57,276The Egyptians knew every organ and its function (well, not like they knew how neurons and synapses work, but you catch my drift). They removed all the organs (including the brain) during mummification and stored them in the tomb in ceramic pottery - according to their mythology, the deceased would be able to use them in the afterlife that way.
Humans must've "known" about their entrails from very early on - the first humanoids were already hunter-gatherers, so they must've:
-killed and eaten animals, thus seeing how their insides looked
-been killed and eaten by animals and rival (pre)humans, thus seeing how they looked inside themselves.
Anonymous a37840c3a80ba16e6671c6527301cb1f (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 10:43:32 UTC) ago, 3 minutes later (#57,331):
@57,330But did they really call them by the names we do today? I mean did they really call the stomach, "The Stomach?" Did they have different names for the organs or what? It's hard to imagine the Egyptians having the same names for their organs as we do today.
Anonymous c19ea8f8f3f6c0c70e6b6774644f29ed replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 10:46:25 UTC) ago, 3 minutes later (#57,333):
@57,331Not being very fluent in ancient Egyptian, I cannot answer this truthfully. However, I very much doubt our modern-day nomenclatures for organs have much to do with what they used to call them.
They had their own names for them, of course. And they knew that if you cut someone open and took out the heart or brain, that person would die immediately. They also knew that if you did the same to say, one kidney, the person would not die. I'm pretty sure they were scientifically advanced enough to roughly know the function of all organs, though they would probably attribute a great deal of their workings to their Gods.
Anonymous a37840c3a80ba16e6671c6527301cb1f (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 10:48:41 UTC) ago, 2 minutes later (#57,334):
@57,333Then when was the time that humanity started calling their organ's "heart" and "brain" and "stomach?"
Anonymous c19ea8f8f3f6c0c70e6b6774644f29ed replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 11:07:03 UTC) ago, 18 minutes later (#57,338):
@57,334I'm not sure I understand your question. The organs had names before the invention of the English language, you know? Surely it wouldn't be "heart", "lungs", etc, but the equivalent in whatever ancient guttural language was used at the time.
So, to answer your question literally: somewhere in the early development of the English language (not THAT long ago).
And to answer what I *think* you meant (when did humans designate names to their organs?): very very early in human development, during hunter-gatherer tribal stages.
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