Homo sapiens

degree from the University of Missouri and a doctorate from Yale. He is recognized for his research on the Pleistocene. Shepard died on July 27, 1996 at the age of 71. Shepard begins this chapter by discussing human evolution and the beginning of Homo sapiens in the Pleistocene approximately 500,000 years ago. The author continues by elaborating on our genetic change over time. He cites specific examples of this evolution: fossil evidence (Australopitucus), archaic genealogy analysis, and so…

Does Descartes, working from the inside out, “escape subjectivism”? Very simply, he does not. Consciousness is known as “the hard problem” of philosophy—neurology might tell us something of the mechanics of how we experience qualia, how we process phenomena, but it says very little of why. For example, it’s really quite simple to answer how we know a sour taste from a sweet taste—the physical reaction to sour foods, like lemons or spoiled milk, has much to do with an early genetic mutation that…

The Merriam-Webster dictionary explains evolution as a theory of changes that occur because constant change that excel naturally over a long period of time. (Merriam-Webster) This means that over a long period of time there were changes made from all the species and as time progressed we all started to break up into different categories and then different branches of those categories. It is said that we, as humans, share the same category as the primates. Though, over time we started to evolve…

POVERTY AND INEQUALITY To what extent are people equal to one another? After decades of human civilization, century after century we are ought to evolve as homo sapiens but we must really aske ourselves have we truly? Have we treated everyone around us as equals? Ignoring the fact of race,country,religion,gender etc? Global Perspectives A)Bangladesh In recent years Bangladesh has implemented laws that enables woman the right to start working. But due to financial struggles among the people,…

In cultures around the world, and throughout history, to have more than you need was, and is, considered a mental illness. What does that say about the world today? We are all ill. Society teaches us at a young age that we must stand out from others, to be individuals, and to do whatever it takes to be successful regardless of who we hurt on the way to the top. We are taught that with wealth comes happiness, so in order to be happy we must be wealthy. We have become a “wetico” society, a…

Coincidently, the dominant force is non-other than the homo sapiens, which have constructed an environment where the clone community cannot voice their opinion. In regards to this situation, an outcasted guardian-Miss Lucy- has also remarked that “[their] lives are set out for [them] … [they] have to know who [they]…

Pesticide resistant GMOs, and their effects on the wellbeing of the planet In an event as influential as the asteroid that ended the Cretaceous period, Homo-Sapiens began their work terraforming their world around them. They annihilated species while promoting other. They destroyed landscapes to fulfill their wants. They mixed and meddled into everything imaginable. Over the course of their actions they slowly tapped into the promoting force of life itself… Evolution. At first they bred animals…

My thoughts on human nature can best be summed up by the character Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on, that’s who we really are.” Our ability to critically think about our behavior and make choices is what makes us human and sets us apart from our hominid ancestors. In fact, as far as other species are concerned, there is no concept of “good” and “evil”; there is predator and prey,…

Chapter One: The author grew up in Kenya, a place which developed his love of nature and all the flora and fauna within it and provided a chance for that love to grow. His parents were both passionate naturalists, especially his father. He was taught to love fossils because of his parents love for them. Because of being raised in the wild, he has always been drawn to it. When he was younger, he would sell bones to museums. This job helped him to prepare for his future specialty in…

Open ground and savannas provide faster movement over longer distances, which contributed to explain the evolution from quadruple movement to bipedal movement. Bipedalism allowed Homo sapiens to become faster, obtain wider food sources, forage, and escape climatic conditions, and create better tools and technology for survival. These advanced qualities allowed greater resource competition against coexisting species, such as the Neanderthals…