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    Source 1: “Discovery of Oldest Primate Skeleton Helps Chart Early Evolution of Humans, Apes” This article was published by the American Museum of Natural History on June 5th, 2013. In this article, researchers have identified a fossil primate skeleton that could possibly be the oldest and smallest primate ever discovered. Experts found the fossil in the Hubei Province of China in the bottom of a former lake. It is estimated that the animal lived around 55 million years ago. Given the…

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    Australopithecines

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    Africa is the supposed birthplace of the human race. It is here that the Australopithecines, a group of hominins including Australopithecus and Paranthropus, lived from 4.2 to 1.2 million years ago. In the same area but from 1.9 to 0.027 million years ago, Homo ergaster also roamed around. Even though they shared the same geographic location, they each represent very different phases of the evolution to what we are today. It would therefore be interesting to see how they differed, based on the…

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    characteristics. The two groups of anthropologists are lumpers and splitters and they organize species depending other their similarities and differences. Splitters focus on difference between the Hominin species, but the Lumpers focus on the similar hominids are primates that share characteristics such as "bipedalism,…

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    The Moon Has No Friends Astronauts devote much of their time in solitude, with only their fellow astronauts as companions. The psychological effects of being in isolation for extensive periods can cause mental damage to the space traveler, which is why numerous hours of preparation are spent in isolation from others. On extensive galactic travel missions, communication with the individuals on earth can be entirely lost. Technology and communication systems can fail, and space travelers must…

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    Early Hominin Tools

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    The use of tools have been an essential part of human history and culture, even before modern humans evolved. Being made up of many layers, tools are valuable sources of evidence that reflects the dexterity and cognitive abilities that the hominid species possesses whether extinct or still living. In this essay, I will be discussing the impact of tools use and the effectiveness it had on our evolutionary history and cultural practices. Developments towards human evolution that aided tool making…

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    Greek Art History

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    More than 2.75 million years ago, hominids were using simple stone tools. Eventually, knapping techniques were developed and used to chip flakes from a source or core stone to make spear points and other tools. Creating these required planning the final project in advance, and many forms ended up symmetrical. Thousands of examples of stone works have been found around the globe, demonstrating high degrees of skill and aesthetic awareness even in utilitarian tools. The most impressive spear…

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    Human Language: Innate or Constructed? Human language is a unique characteristic among species on planet Earth. Though many creatures use various methods to communicate, no known creatures other than humans have a language that vastly describes the universe. Is this ability innate or is it the product of environmental factors? In order to answer this, one must investigate a wide array of phenomena. First, it would be beneficial to define what language is. Though the exact meaning may be…

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    and be at the top positions of reproduction chain, managing time was important. Being more efficient on traveling, resting and feeding, gave higher possibilities on bonding that leads to better opportunities to reproduce. Comparing with the other hominids, homo sapiens had developed a very complex bonding strategy, using now language as their ultimate killing weapon, thus being the most efficient ‘’Time Budget’’…

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    Romantic Love Psychology

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    Many attachment behaviors in nonhuman animals include physical touch and maintaining proximity through close body contact; in humans, behavior patterns associated with attachment are accompanied by feelings of security, peace, comfort, and reduced anxiety when in physical contact with a partner (Fisher, 1998). According to Harlow’s (Harlow & Harlow, 1966) age-mate affectional system, during the period of motor incoordination, infants that physically contact each other reflexively cling and clasp…

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    Darwin Rib Reaction

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    Reaction paper 1 The article, Darwin’s Rib, by Robert S. Root-Bernstein was fascinating to me. My personal reaction to the reading was one of surprise. When I read that the student in Dr. Root-Bernstein’s class believed that “males have one fewer pair of ribs than females” (Root-Bernstein 2010: 53), I was shocked. As someone who is invested in scientific information, I found her reasoning odd and unfounded. She had based her knowledge of scientific facts off a personal religious assumption. I…

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