In recent findings reported in National Geographic News, Scientists now believe that Stone Age Humans may not have only been smarter than we first thought, they may have possessed mental faculties not unlike our own. Reading the article, my mind slipped back to elementary math class and the Symmetric Property of Equality: If A=B then B=A. Perhaps, if the Ancients were as gifted as we are today, then we must be as gifted as they were, way back then. Seems straightforward.

I began to wonder about buried logic, our intrinsic abilities and essential characteristics that I believe we each possess. These innate, deep-rooted skills have evolved from the very beginning of our human family tree. Out of Africa or Eden, we walked out with aptitudes for survival, creativity, courage and prowess. Regardless, your great, great, great, great, great ancestors were true “BA’s,” plain and simple. Humans, prior to microwaves, electric garage-door openers, thermostats and public opinion polls possessed every skill they needed to walk out, then over and around the face of the earth.

Maybe it’s a miserable case of amnesia. Maybe it’s arrogance. Maybe political correctness. Maybe Cowardice. We seem to have forgotten, or chosen to ignore, who we are, all the while, acting as if we’ve “evolved” to higher intelligence, skill set or station.

That so many look outside themselves for what they naturally possess already, plays itself out on the news every evening. Look around today. Everywhere one turns, these skills have atrophied like any muscle in a cast. Personal strength, flexibility and caliber are fading away.

What are we to do?

I suggest it begins with a remembering, a recollection of how humanity has evolved, survived and stretched out to cover ages and the globe. Then remember the Symmetric Property of Equality.