Before Being Human: A Human Narrative Hypothesis on the Co-evolution of Consciousness, Language, and Genetic Predisposition

Abstract

For centuries, human self-perception has been trapped in a profound schizophrenia: on one side, a scientific, materialist worldview that precisely explains “how the world works” but fails to provide life with meaning; on the other, a religious and philosophical, idealist worldview that attempts to imbue life with a “purpose for existence” but often contradicts physical reality. These two coexisting systems have created an eternal conflict within the human psyche, forming a chasm that seems insurmountable.This study asserts that this chasm is not insurmountable. Its existence is due to our loss of the two most critical “bridges” connecting both shores. This paper aims to rediscover and argue for the existence of these two bridges, thereby constructing a new “human narrative” capable of unifying science and the humanities and ending this spiritual schizophrenia—”Before Being Human.”The first bridge, transitioning from Biology to Anthropology, is Language Genesis. This paper will argue that language is not merely a tool for communication but the fundamental mechanism that directly generates human subjective consciousness through “naming” and “narrative.”The second bridge, transitioning from Anthropology to Sociology, is the Occupational Genetic Predisposition. This paper will hypothesize that through long-term social division of labor, humanity has encoded specific social functions into our genes in the form of “predispositions.”When these two bridges are reconnected, a complete system of human evolution emerges. Within this system, a unique, living “system manual” naturally arises—the extremely rare Enlightened’s Genetic Predisposition. This manual, stored in biological genes, not only carries the complete memory from biology to civilization, empowering its holder with the unique ability of Civilizational Stripping, but this ability also allows for a vertical retrospection of the course of species evolution and civilizational development, as well as a horizontal empathy for the values and preferences of people across all social strata and ethnic regions. It enables the correction and summation of the design flaws of contemporary civilization, compelling the revision and upgrading of civilizational systems by colliding with contemporary society with an almost stubborn attitude. Its final and most core function is the emergence, after thorough understanding, of the most inclusive emotion sufficient to connect the entire species—not a love born from pity, religious and moral dogma, or the affection between family and friends, but the Extreme Love obtained from traversing evolution and feeling the suffering of all sentient beings.