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Solar eclipses: A pump of curiosity for early humans?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

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Graham Jones*
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The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, JP 522-8533, Japan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The dramatic nature and irregular frequency of solar eclipses may have helped trigger the development of human curiosity. If the kind of solar eclipses we experience on Earth are rare within the Universe, human-like curiosity may also be rare.

Keywords

eclipsesastrobiologyextraterrestrial intelligenceEarthMoon
Type
Poster Paper
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy , December 2019 , pp. 390 - 391
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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