Abstract：Transportation and information capabilities are the basic functions for human beings to improve their physical-information relations and structures under the corresponding spatial and temporal scale and constraints， and achieve benefits and avoid harm in terms of distance accessibility in different stages of evolution and development. Human beings are products of nature. The highly developed transportation and information capabilities of human beings are in fact only an extension of the physical movement and information processing accessibility instincts formed in the early life evolution. The progress of human transport displacement and communication in the early stage mainly come under the category of biological evolution， but bipedal walking and superb information capabilities enable them to stand out among all creatures； with the role of writing and cognitive experience greatly strengthened in agrarian and pastoral societies， humans increasingly domesticated animal power， improved the functions of vehicles and ships， and built infrastructure； while transport and information capabilities since the Industrial Revolution have relied more on fossil energy， science and technology， and organization level. The advances in transportation and communication， which have benefited greatly from the technological revolution， should not go against the basic instincts that humans have developed during the biological evolutionary stage， meanwhile， we still need to respect all the laws of nature that are known and yet to be known， and avoid mistakes because of ignorance at this critical moment when we are facing another major phase transition. The study of human history， especially the “prehistoric history” of civilization， from the perspective of evolution， provides a new perspective.
荣朝和. 从进化视角看人类交通与信息能力的发展[J]. 北京交通大学学报(社会科学版), 2023, 22(2): 33-45.
RONG Chao-he. Viewing the Development of Transport and Information Capabilities from an Evolutionary Perspective. journal6, 2023, 22(2): 33-45.
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