Iceman stood at five feet two inches tall and weighed around one hundred and ten pounds. He is the oldest mummified human ever found. Studies of samples from his colon showed what a pre historic would have eaten long ago. His last meal included red deer, wild goat, bread, and vegetables. Hominins began to farm, there are multiple debates on how it spread. The most popular theory was Demic Diffusion until Iceman's DNA showed that it was farming not farmers that spread from southwest Asia. Could Iceman's shorter height have to do with the theory that when humans started farming average height dropped, as mentioned in section one? After reading this section, I would like to know what crops the farmers grew, and what other animals people hunted.
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Upon reading this book, I read multiple articles on each section, and researched the climate in different parts of the world and time periods. I used my discoveries to answer some of my questions, and compose my own theories. I did my best to absorb as much knowledge from this book as possible, and came to appreciate the work of archeologists and historians. Without them, much of our past would be a mystery. Some of my favorite things I learned, were how hominins went from animal to man, the stages of the FOXP2 gene, the evolution of language, and the birth of
Upon reading this book, I read multiple articles on each section, and researched the climate in different parts of the world and time periods. I used my discoveries to answer some of my questions, and compose my own theories. I did my best to absorb as much knowledge from this book as possible, and came to appreciate the work of archeologists and historians. Without them, much of our past would be a mystery. Some of my favorite things I learned, were how hominins went from animal to man, the stages of the FOXP2 gene, the evolution of language, and the birth of