Hominid

action over an extended period of time, Cal’s anatomical design confirms the fact that biological elements still play a role in determining gender identity. However, anatomical issues as such are overcome by even stronger biological “impulses of hominids” such as raw desire (Eugenides 478). When it comes to developing a gender identity, the development depends on the individual and his or her instinct. Humans are constantly seeking ways to fit into society and live comfortably, thus…

Globalization has generated interconnected markets and networks. The ability to instantly access mass quantities of information is changing the collective identity of what it means to be a consumer. Mobile technology, social media, and peer-to-peer software are enabling communication and organization in ways that are fueling the formation of a new collaborative economy. ‘Access over ownership’ is becoming the new consumption model and is changing the traditional economic system by expanding…

What type of metamorphosis has the Eugenics movement endure in the 21st century? The Eugenics movement started in the 1920’s where it gained a large popularity among the elites of society during that era. Out of this elites, Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin, was the person that coined the term “Eugenics.” Eugenics comes from the Greek words meaning “good birth.” This movement involves applying the principles of heredity for the enhancement of the human race by various forms of…

The innate competitiveness of humans often turns initially neutral social groups into ranks through inevitable comparisons. The novel “Middlesex” by Jeffery Eugenides explores the topic of social distinction which suggests the impossibility of equality within a socially categorized society. The author illustrates the egotism in mankind which creates a social hierarchy that bolsters the authority of the higher class while exploits the rights and freedom of the underprivileged, as demonstrated in…

soup” that again over a very long period of time would produce more complex molecules. These complex molecules are the building blocks that eventually lead to biomolecules, which are found in living organisms. Humans then were formed from lesser hominids species, not from monkeys. The use of natural selection was the “guiding principle by which all livings things came into existence.” (Evolution introduction) The creationist view of how the world began and how life was created is completely…

The brain weighs approximately three pounds yet is responsible for all the functions of both the human mind and body. All vertebrates, and the majority of invertebrates, have a brain. However, some ‘primitive’ animals such as jellyfishes and starfishes have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all. Michio Kaku, a world renowned physicist and scientific communicator, comments that “The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected…

Albinism in humans is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect of tyrosinase, a copper-containing enzyme involved in the production of melanin. It is the opposite of melanism. Unlike humans, other animals have multiple pigments and for these, albinism is considered to be a hereditary condition characterised by the absence of melanin in particular, in the eyes, skin, hair, scales, feathers or cuticle.…

There are so many connections between us and chimpanzees, and in Jane Goodall’s book, through a Window, My Thirty Years with Chimpanzees of Gombe she observed chimpanzees. Jane Goodall is a primatologist and she lived 50 years of her life in the jungle studying chimpanzees. We also observed a video called Monkey in the Mirror Chimpanzees are so like humans with learning, development and growing knowledge. Mothers care and attend to their children, they have motherly instinct just like we do.…

The Introduction Feminist and Queer Theories to the Archaeological Study of Prehistoric Art The study of prehistoric sexual imagery has been the subject of much debate within the academic community for the past two decades. Anthropologists, art historians, and psychologists have all played a role in adapting the way we view both modern and prehistoric sexuality. For it is clear that as we delve further into exploring possible alternative approaches to prehistoric sexuality, that “there is no…

The modern society is becoming heavily reliant on new technological inventions, and this has raised concerns from ethicists. Much technological advancement in various fields including medicine has enormously changed the modern society. Technology has currently set a standard applicable to all people. Ethicists claim that although new technology seems to be beneficial to humans, they also make them ostentatious. It has taken away the close informality among people and thus having a huge effect on…