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Qur
ʾānic Beacon
The Qur
ʾān frames these edits not as blind chance but as deliberate infusion:
“He taught Adam the names — all of them” (Q 2:31) → FOXP2, CNTNAP2,
KIAA0319: language circuits ignited.
“He breathed into him of His Spirit” (Q 32:9) → HAR1, SRGAP2C,
ARHGAP11B: cortex and imagination infused.
“We offered the Trust … and man undertook it” (Q 33:72) → ASPM, MCPH1,
symbolic law loci: moral reasoning switched on.
Through this lens, the “15 loci” are not random accidents. They are engineered
switches that transformed Homo sapiens into Adam — beings capable of
abstraction, myth, and moral law.
14.3 Anthropology: Scaling Society with Symbols
Proposal: Biology Alone Cannot Scale
Human social life is not unlimited. Cognitive neuroscience demonstrates that
the human neocortex constrains the number of stable relationships an
individual can maintain. Robin Dunbar’s model calculates this limit at roughly
150 (Dunbar, 1996). In groups larger than this, memory and face-to-face
interaction alone cannot sustain cohesion. Beyond the biological cap, trust
collapses — unless something else intervenes.
That “something” is symbolism. Shared symbols — ornaments, myths, rituals,
contracts — provide the invisible scaffolding that allows strangers to cooperate
as kin. Without symbols, humanity would remain trapped in small, fragile bands.