Hominid

various terrains and platforms. With our ability of curling our hands and feet, we are able to create objects, such as tools, in practice of defense, as our ancestors have done before us to fend for themselves against wildlife and other tribes. “Once hominids came to depend on and develop tools, evolution would favor dexterity of the hands and increasing mental capability required to devise, construct, and apply tools” (MacDonald, 2003, p. 332). Due to physical and mental evolution, we are now…

continue to use of GMO’s here in the United States, or discard them. I think yes we should continue to use Genetically Modified Organisms due to the fact that no major issues have been proven that GMO’s harm or bring into existents unhealthy, sick hominids. The question is can or cannot GMO’s end world hunger?…

“You have to know the past to understand the present.” Many people in everyday situations can relate to this quote by Carl Sagan, such as how you must know what water is to understand why there are hydroelectric dams. In the greater aspect of human existence though, the quote is said to hold even more certainty, because in all truth, the superannuated objects and organisms that archaeologists dig up is what has given the human race even a chance in coming to understand why this particular…

of man, a three million journey from the branches of Africa to a civilization. The prehistoric times included drastic change, environment, planet, climate, tools, clothing and much more which helped shaped the civilization in the present. From the Hominid family tree it is a mystery when one of the members Neanderthals disappeared and left Homo sapiens to rule the world on their own. Homo Sapiens Neanderthalis or also known by the name Neanderthals. Neanderthals are the closest extinct human…

Selam. In this segment, paleontologist Zeray Alemseged, talks about how he discovered the ancient bones of a part ape, part human who is actually related to another hominid found by Donald Johnson (NOVA, What Makes Us Human? 2012). Alemseged had come across a “tiny skeleton [with] striking similarities to the most famous ancient hominid ever found, Lucy” (NOVA, What Makes Us Human? 2012). To me, this segment gave back up evidence to where we come from. I think that having Donald Johnson discover…

opposing small cranium present in the ancestors. 2. The conclusions that we can make from these observation is that the characteristics in species gradually changed over time for the betterment. Different species had different diets, earliest hominids were vegetarians, hence they needed large molars. As time went by, they started to scavenge meat and started cooking food which eventually changed dentine to having canines and pre-molars. The presence of large cranium supports large brains. The…

dairy, processed food, grains, starches, and alcohol from the diet and focusing only on vegetables, fruits, lean meats, seafood, and healthy fats (Wolf, Robb 2016). This diet is derived from scientific studies conducted in order to find what early hominids ate. These studied concluded that humans cannot eat the calorie packed foods available today without consequences (Leonard, William 2002: Pg 109). Paleo dieting has many different views associated to itself, some dieters swear that this is the…

The Piltdown hoax was an archaeological site in England in 1908 and 1912 human, ape and other mammal fossils were found together. In 1913 at a nearby site an ape's jaw with a canine tooth that was worn down like a human's. British paleontologist gad the idea that a creature that had a human cranium and an ape's jaw existed. In 1953 a Piltdown man was exposed as a forgery, the skull had in fact been modern and the teeth had been filed down. Charles Dawson was the archaeologist who brought in the…

Evolution, Does It Makes Sense? For hundreds of years the topic of how we got here today has been questioned, and formed into different theories that tell the history of life. The theory of evolution is the most thought out and elaborate way to look at how life started as only single celled organisms and evolved into many very complex species. Evolution is said to have started on a prehistoric earth after it had formed over 4.6 billion years ago. It took about a billion years after Earth was…

In chapter five, the emergence of culture, the authors ask the question of why natural selection allowed the brain to evolve in a way where culture became more likely among humans’ hominid ancestors? While the development of culture had allowed the organization of hominoid to increase in complexity, it was faced with many obstacles. The authors argue that the development of culture is anchored in the development of spoken language. As a result, the development of culture couldn’t occur without…