Technology and Evolution: The Quest For a New Perspective

: The focus of this paper is a reassessment of the apparent opposition between technology and human nature. Paleoanthropologists have argued that human evolution is closely connected to the use and development of tools. Tool use is also found among animals, but the human cognitive apparatus enables humans to use tools in unparalleled ways. From this, it is concluded that technology and culture are natural phenomena, and that humans are ‘natural‐born cyborgs,’ or, theologically speaking, ‘created co‐creators,’ naturally enabled to use technology as extensions of their bodies and minds and as an instrument to enhance the freedom of all of creation.