Image via WikipediaHe is the foil used by a friend when trying to talk about a proto-human way of thinking -- when our brains and minds were in a sense modern but when the basic conventions of culture they would shape were still embryonic. This is not imply the fallacy of the hapless "unevolved" brute, or to assume that people lived in caves (or even always at camps at rock shelters). I for one firmly accept the dignity and recognize the capacities of our ancestors. Many people like to use examples like Og in their though experiments, especially evolutionary psychologists who use Og and his ilk to talk about the environment that shaped our mental evolution.
Og also has something to tell us about the problem of religious mystery.
