Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist and writer. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. A 15,000 year old bone and the Fall 2013 issue of ReflectionsSomeone once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead what she considered to be the first evidence of civilization. It offers insight into how the Christian faith shapes how we make sense of life, including—and perhaps especially—how we make sense of the end of our lives and of those we love. While Byock’s voice is a powerful and compelling one on the importance of palliative medicine, there is a large gap in that he does not address the aging process, or explore the fundamental questions of religious meaning associated with growing old. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a … She answered: a human thigh bone with a healed fracture found in an archaeological site 15,000 years old. She explained that a restored femur shows that someone cared.

The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. The student expected Mead to … It explores the many challenges that older people face, and highlights the church’s unique contributions toward addressing these challenges. [Editor’s Note: Jeffrey Oak ‘85 M.Div. Copyright © 2020 Yale University. All rights reserved. “A student once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead, “What is the earliest sign of civilization?” The student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon. "No," Dr. Mead answered, "a healed femur." Margaret Mead, the famous anthropologist, was once asked about the first signs of civilization. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. She answered: a human thigh bone with a healed fracture found in an archaeological site 15,000 years has so many treasures to offer. Others must have provided shelter, protection, food and drink over an extended period of time for this kind of healing to be possible.The great anthropologist Margaret Mead suggests that the first indication of human civilization is care over time for one who is broken and in need, evidenced through a fractured thigh bone that was healed.This story is told by Ira Byock, an authority on palliative medicine, in his book In many ways the book can be understood as an extended commentary on the famous aphorism in medicine: “To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.”I thought of Ira Byock when previewing the fall 2013 issue of YDS’s . Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. Someone once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead what she considered to be the first evidence of civilization. And it includes beautiful photographs and touching poetry. Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. It includes personal reflections from individuals who are navigating retirement, cultivating new forms of spirituality or confronting their own mortality. ..Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. We have invited him to periodically share some of his reflections about YDS.] Why not tools for hunting or religious artifacts or primitive forms of communal self-governance?Mead points out that for a person to survive a broken femur the individual had to have been cared for long enough for that bone to heal. ‘96 Ph.D. is president of the YDS Alumni Board. The questioner wondered if it was a clay pot, or a grinding stone, or fishhook. Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.” A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed.

I hope you will spend time with this issue when it arrives at your door or in your inbox.Samuel Slie, still pastoring students through the Black Church at Yale and Dwight Hall well into his eighties, concludes this issue of with a prayer on aging: “Bless us, O God, to age with dignity and grace….. Help us to accept who we are as our souls move from creation through earthly life to eternity.”


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