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Subscribe to the RTVI Telegram channel: https://t.me/rtvimain Why can Adam and Eve be considered the first savages? When were the wild tribes of South America, Africa, Australia and Oceania discovered and how did the discoverers see them? Why did great thinkers in the 17th century decide that civilization was corrupting man's innate virtue? And how did the image of the "noble savage" ultimately emerge? In the new episode of "Drobyshevsky. Homo sapiens," Stanislav Drobyshevsky talks about how civilized people encountered wild tribes. Subscribe to @RTVItainment and like RTVI News — all the main events in a 24/7 format: / myrtvi 00:00 "Drobyshevsky. Homo sapiens" 01:10 When did myths about savages appear? 03:52 How did the Romans and Greeks view the Scythian tribes and other peoples? 06:35 About the Christian version of savages: Adam and Eve 07:55 Why did the image of the "noble savage" capture European minds in the 17th century, and what does Jean-Jacques Rousseau have to do with it? 15:45 When did people start appreciating civilization again? 17:33 Lice, worms, predators: about living conditions in wild tribes 21:00 About the customs of savages: are they really so "noble"