Article One Analysis: “Did Humans Arrive in America a Hundred Thousand Years Earlier than we thought?” The New Yorker article, “Did Humans Arrive in America a Hundred Thousand Years Earlier Than we Thought?” addresses and summarized information and evidence from a San Diego paleontological site. The audience is made up of paleontologists, archeologists, and the general public interested in the history of the Americas and the Earth. One purpose of this article is to inform the audience of a possible archeological change to the time humans arrived in the Americas. Additionally, another purpose is to reexamine previously discovered evidence to prove or disprove the theory that humans arrived in the Americas over one hundred thousand years earlier than experts previously understood. The article was written by compiling recently discovered evidence, expert opinions, and experimental results creating an article with a genre of a Scientific Report. A scientific report is characterized by a scientific problem under investigation, possible evidence, various opinions, and experimentation. The Alan Burdick article contains all characterizing elements.
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The audience is any person who works in an office space in addition to biologists and psychologists. One purpose of the article is to introduce a product that creates a solution to a common problem. Another purpose is to investigate crypsis, “the ability of an animal to camouflage itself and elude detection”, as well as the behavioral response of humans to devices of this nature. The genre of this article is a combination of a scientific report and the critique of a product. The Alan Burdick article uses experimentation, research, evidence, a product, and scientific evidence to produce this type of
The style presented in the article is one of consistent and effective nature. The article …show more content…
The audience is any person who works in an office space in addition to biologists and psychologists. One purpose of the article is to introduce a product that creates a solution to a common problem. Another purpose is to investigate crypsis, “the ability of an animal to camouflage itself and elude detection”, as well as the behavioral response of humans to devices of this nature. The genre of this article is a combination of a scientific report and the critique of a product. The Alan Burdick article uses experimentation, research, evidence, a product, and scientific evidence to produce this type of