I want to make them explicit but stress that I see my perspective as only one of many possible interpretations. My ideas are provisional because of the lack of detailed contextual data. I am going to give a brief review, of the psychological underpinning of how objects are given meaning. And then explain how, I think this psychological process allowed conflicts to he resolved, which enabled larger settlements to form and domestication of cattle and plants to evolve. Human Infants 9000 years ago and now are dependent on caretakers for their survival longer than any other animal.
Infants slowly become aware that they are a separate beings from their caretakers.
Mothering is usually done by a females because of their breast feeding capabilities. Borrowing from the analyst Chirstopher Bollas. The care for the child supports this magical thinking. In a similar manner the mother s attention also fosters the child s self esteem and thus the ability to want to be independent. As the child develops, a separation process takes place.