Holocene

ODUCTION The Paleolithic period originated at the beginning of human life and continued until 10,000 B.C.E. During this time, humans lived in groups of twenty to thirty people and obtained their food by hunting and gathering. This form of food obtainment forced humans to travel frequently, which subsequently prevented permanent settlement. The reason for the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and domestication of animals remains unknown. However, there are several theories that…

Holocene activity has consisted of plinian eruptions followed by emission of voluminous andesitic and dacitic lava flows, which form an extensive apron around the volcano on all sides but the south. Records of historical eruptions date back to 1750” (Global…

Climate Science 1 Day In today’s time there is something called forcing factors which is the tilt of the Earth's axis which creates seasons but other factors that may impact climate systems are such volcanic aerosols which can cool climate and shorten growing seasons. Some instruments used to track climate patterns are thermometers, rain gauges, and stream gauges. Paleo proxies such as tree rings and cores from corals and ice caps also provide information on a resolution in terms of…

Did extra-terrestrials land on our planet in our pre-history? Did they sexually mix or genetically experiment and educate our Homo sapiens/Neanderthal ancestors changing the course of our evolution and supercharging our intelligence? Was there a level of knowledge on Earth in our prehistory which far exceeds what we have today? Did extra-terrestrial(s) arrive with their amazing knowledge from its civilisation? Did their knowledge also develop from an extra-terrestrial seeding in a similar way…

The present interglacial is the orbitals driven and warming up eventually, and then coming to an end after the Holocene Climatic Optimum. About four to five thousand years ago all of the susceptible land based ice had disintegrated. The capacity of the worldwide ocean was stationary until the arrival of the Industrial Revolution, and by the nineteenth century, global…

If this was an article you were reading in a magazine, would you flip past it? You would, wouldn’t you? I don’t blame you. Who would want to read some boring ‘save the earth’ article by some tree hugger when the alternative was reading about Kim Kardashian’s latest Twitter beef. I mean we are all fully aware that the ecosystem is really important and yeah littering is bad and you wouldn’t do it but in all honesty it wouldn’t make that much of a difference, would it? Arbitrary thoughts for an…

The fantastic story of The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the world’s oldest known documents to ever have been written down. Its main character is that of a human-like god, named Gilgamesh, who goes on the greatest journey of his life. With help from the gods along the way, he battles and faces many challenges that are new and exhilarating to his normally posh lifestyle. The Historical context of The Epic of Gilgamesh dates all the way back to around 2000 BCE. This story was written down by a…

Columbian Mammoth skull. Mammoths lived during the Paleolithic Era beginning 2.6 million years ago until roughly 10,000 YBP. This time period was also known as the Pleistocene Epoch, which was later followed by the current stage we live in today, the Holocene Epoch. According to the sixth threshold, 200,000 years ago mammoths were hunted by neanderthals, (early homo sapiens), which were used as food and tools for survival. Tusks and bones from the large animal were made into hunting supplies and…

The Myth of Man-made Global Warming. Global warming is believed to be the main cause for the rising average global temperatures. It has been declared to be one of the biggest problems facing the world for the last four decades. It is no surprise that the idea of man-made global warming is a highly controversial and debated topic. But there is no real evidence that man-made global warming or climate change is a problem. This critical review examines the documentary film “The Great Global Warming…

Survival is essential to human species. Environment is essential to the survival and development of humans, especially early humans, since they relied on their living environment, and their ability of withstanding natural disaster was significantly lower than modern humans. Once there was a great change of climate, they had to change their living strategies to adapt to the environment, including the transformation from being nomads to cultivating primitive crops. Because of this, agriculture…