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Does history progress? Is an elephant really "better" than a mammoth?


In some ways, one could say that history does progress. In others, it regresses. With the elephant and the mammoth, it's all about environment. Mammoths lived in during the ice age, where fur was pretty much essential for survival. However, elephants tend to live in warmer climates, where fur would be a disadvantage. The history mentioned in this question is more of a concept of evolution, which would then show how things change to better fit the time and/or environment. If you were to talk about history in general, which is more of a concept of time moving forward, then yes, it does progress, otherwise it would not be history. Over time, technology upgrades, humans gain more knowledge, climate and environment change, and things just become generally different. Not all of this change is positive, in fact, many of it is contributing to things like a lack of fossil fuels or extreme climate change. The question of weather man kind's progression in technology and society is a good thing that should continue is very controversial, and has grown to be more of an opinion question. Some of the results are extraordinarily beneficial, and others are just factors that are adding to the growing fear of the end of our planet. However, history (or, time in general), does progress in that everything is moving in a direction that we as mankind cannot say we've been before.