Ancestor

Most people have had some fight or disagreement with a member of their family. Some might say it is natural for families to argue, but sometimes the reasons behind them are much bigger than they might appear at first glance. The short story “Everyday Use” by Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker deals a situation like this (Kirszner and Mandell 344). Walker feels strongly about people reconnecting with their heritage, in fact, she retook her maiden name three years into her marriage to…

Neanderthal Disappearance: The Unknown Fate of the H.[sapien]neanderthalensis Lineage Roughly 200 thousand years ago, there was split in the hominin lineage. From the Homo erectus species, the H.[sapien]neanderthalensis evolved. This species roamed throughout Europe, the Middle East and central Asia during the last glacial period (Crane-Kramer and Harrison 2011:144). The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Neanderthals continues to puzzle anthropologist and leaves many questions…

many different scientists, it has been changed and rewritten multiple different times up until now, but there may be even more changes in the future. All living organisms on Earth have a common ancestor known as the LUCA or Last Universal Common Ancestor. The LUCA lived around 3.8 billion years ago, although a study done in the last two years has found evidence of biotic life existing 4.1 billion years ago. Sexual reproduction plays a huge role in evolution, because…

Greek periods also called Ancient Greek was full of fascinating pottery and there was the Hellenistic era which has the history of Alexander the Great. During those eras there were a lot of painting on pottery and there were a lot of figures being painted for representing people instead of animals or goddess, those paintings on the pottery is mostly stories from Greece past and their tale for others to learn and to explore the beauty of being painted on pottery. Most of the potteries could be…

species that are alive today were once not the same. His book simply states how species change over time, enforcing his idea of natural selection. He does, however, address that all species most likely have a common ancestor, but leaves out the most important question of where that ancestors origin…

racism, and gay rights because we want to help those people have a voice. A voice from someone outside of themselves, who wants equality just as they do. Most of these people feel oppressed and are scared to speak out for themselves even though our ancestors have been fighting for equality for generations. We’ve witnessed accounts of these people being slandered by others and doing nothing just isn’t cutting it anymore. We’re choosing to take a stand for everyone who has ever felt discriminated.…

“We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants.” Hillary Clinton spoke those very words, words that should reflect the United States of America but does not. America is known as the melting pot, because of all the cultures that are in the United States. However, there is this great sense of prejudice and discrimination that develops among some people when it comes to immigrants…

time. Among these proposed theories is the “aquatic ape theory”, which suggests that humans underwent an aquatic stage where they lived permanently or semi-permanently in water. This aquatic ancestor called Homo aquaticus account for a major gap in the fossil record. The idea of an aquatic human ancestor was first proposed by Max Westenhofer in the 1940s, and the notion was further developed by Marine biologist Alistair Hardy, who published a paper documenting the theory. However, the most…

have been the first human species to control fire, some 1,000,000 years ago” (Homo erectus). One million years ago falls right in the middle of the paleolithic area, marking the mastery of fire as a hallmark achievement of the time. Homo erectus, an ancestor of humans, had a larger jaw complete with sizable teeth, and a smaller brain than the modern human. The mastery of fire not only influenced the way that modern humans eat and function, but has impacted their physical shape as well. “...The…

“Your inner fish” is something that you should be proud of, the specific journeys of genes and mutations of ancestors led to you being able to just ‘be’, every trait about you was not an accident but a predetermined idea that occurred on the storyline of evolution. When Shubin describes one’s inner fish, it is admiration of billions of years in the making, meaning…