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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">digitallaw</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Journal of Digital Technologies and Law</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Journal of Digital Technologies and Law</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2949-2483</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Kazan Innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21202/jdtl.2024.24</article-id><article-id custom-type="edn" pub-id-type="custom">fhsfeo</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">digitallaw-434</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>From the Theory of the African Origin of Humankind to Modern Social, Legal and Technological Innovations: a Brief Analytical Excursion into Anthroposociogenesis</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>От теории африканского происхождения человечества к современным социальным, правовым и технологическим новациям: краткий аналитический экскурс в антропосоциогенез</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2674-2565</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Траоре</surname><given-names>Дж.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Traore</surname><given-names>D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Траоре Дженеба – PhD, профессор, ректор в отставке, Университет гуманитарных и социальных наук Бамако; генеральный директор по вопросам региональной интеграции и социальных трансформаций в Западной Африке, Институт Западной Африки.</p><p>Мали, Бамако, E 3637; Кабо-Верде, Прая, 396-A</p><p>Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57202159729</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Djeneba Traore – PhD, Professor, Former Rector, University of Arts and Humanities of Bamako; Director General for Regional Integration and Social Transformations in West Africa, West Africa Institute.</p><p>E 3637, Bamako, Mali; 396-A, Praia, Cabo Verde</p><p>Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57202159729</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">badjenetraore@yahoo.fr</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Университет гуманитарных и социальных наук Бамако; Институт Западной Африки</institution><country>Мали</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>University of Arts and Humanities of Bamako; West Africa Institute</institution><country>Mali</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>31</day><month>07</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>2</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>473</fpage><lpage>486</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Traore D., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Траоре Д.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Traore D.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.lawjournal.digital/jour/article/view/434">https://www.lawjournal.digital/jour/article/view/434</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Objective</title><p>Objective: to trace the evolution of humanity and to identify the role of various social institutions in order to understand the existential role of laws aimed at ensuring the coexistence of society in the context of technological innovations.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Methods: the author used general scientific and special methods of cognition, which allowed tracing the dialectical development of humanity, social transformations and technological innovations.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results: looking back at the history of humanity, which originated on the African continent (the theory of African descent), the author notes the most important changes in the human way of life and environment, which led to the need to build organized societies and regulate social behavior with the help of legislative norms. Law is seen as part of the evolutionary process that was to emerge in the course of human evolution. The critical importance of law in overcoming the global challenges and existential questions of humanity’s continued coexistence arising in the course of evolution is emphasized. In this regard, the historical significance of the Kurukan Fuga Charter of the Malian Empire is emphasized as one of the oldest constitutions in the world, recognized internationally as an important source of legal and political norms for modern societies, regulating the structure of state power and social behaviour, although preserved largely in oral form. It is argued that social and technological change often served as the impetus for the development of new laws. Humanity has many times intervened in its own biological evolution with the help of technology; now it is an important moment from the viewpoint of law and ethics when technology may interfere in further human evolution. The greatest concern in this regard is the era of rapid development of artificial intelligence, which makes new demands on a human being.</p></sec><sec><title>Scientific novelty</title><p>Scientific novelty: the article shows the role of the African continent in the origin and development of humanity and socio-legal institutions in the light of modern transformations and the construction of a new social reality.</p></sec><sec><title>Practical significance</title><p>Practical significance: the conducted research creates prerequisites for further development of the theory of anthroposociogenesis and in-depth conceptual historical and legal study of the role of the African continent in the development of humanity and its social institutions.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель: проследить эволюцию человечества и выявить роль различных социальных институтов для понимания экзистенциальной роли законов, направленных на обеспечение совместной жизни социума в контексте технологических новаций.</p></sec><sec><title>Методы</title><p>Методы: в процессе исследования использованы общенаучные и специальные методы познания, позволившие проследить диалектическое развитие человечества, социальные трансформации и технологические новации.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты: оглядываясь на историю человечества, зародившегося на Африканском континенте (теория африканского происхождения), автор отмечает наиболее важные изменения в образе жизни человека и его окружающей среде, которые привели к необходимости построения организованных обществ и регулирования социального поведения в нем с помощью законодательных норм. Право рассматривается как часть эволюционного процесса, которое должно было возникнуть в ходе эволюции человечества. Отмечается чрезвычайная важность закона для преодоления возникающих в процессе эволюции глобальных вызовов и экзистенциальных вопросов дальнейшего сосуществования человечества. В этой связи подчеркивается историческое значение Хартии Курукан-Фуга Малийской империи как одной из древнейших конституций в мире, получившей признание на международном уровне как важного источника юридических и политических норм для современных обществ, регламентирующих устройство государственной власти и социальное поведение, хотя и сохранившейся в основном в устной форме. Утверждается, что толчком к разработке новых законов часто служили социальные и технологические преобразования. Человечество много раз вмешивалось в собственную биологическую эволюцию при помощи технологий, теперь же наступает важный с точки зрения права и этики момент возможного вмешательства технологий в дальнейшую эволюцию человека. Наибольшее опасение в этом плане вызывает эпоха бурного развития искусственного интеллекта, предъявляющая к человеку новые требования.</p></sec><sec><title>Научная новизна</title><p>Научная новизна: показана роль Африканского континента в происхождении и развитии человечества, социально-правовых институтов, находящихся в свете современных трансформаций и конструирования новой социальной реальности.</p></sec><sec><title>Практическая значимость</title><p>Практическая значимость: проведенное исследование создает предпосылки для дальнейшего развития теории антропосоциогенеза и углубленного концептуального историко-правового изучения роли Африканского континента в развитии человечества и его социальных институтов.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>антропогенез</kwd><kwd>искусственный интеллект</kwd><kwd>общественные трансформации</kwd><kwd>право</kwd><kwd>промышленная революция</kwd><kwd>социальная справедливость</kwd><kwd>социогенез</kwd><kwd>технологическая революция</kwd><kwd>цифровые технологии</kwd><kwd>эволюция человека</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>anthropogenesis</kwd><kwd>artificial intelligence</kwd><kwd>social transformations</kwd><kwd>law</kwd><kwd>industrial revolution</kwd><kwd>social justice</kwd><kwd>sociogenesis</kwd><kwd>technological revolution</kwd><kwd>digital technologies</kwd><kwd>evolution of a human being</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование не имело спонсорской поддержки</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The research had no sponsorship</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Avila Negri, S. 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