Pleistocene

development of households in many countries, however, it requires wise and conscious decision to make the process beneficial for both humans and animals or plants. First of all, the author states that hunter–gatherer behavior changed at the end of the Pleistocene being evoked by climate changes. Evolution has entered a new phase of its development and resulted in global changes in plants and animals world. However, domestication has faced a lot of problems because a lot of plant and…

The experiment in this research article concludes that there are six separate giraffe species each considered to be an evolutionary significant unit. The biological species definition states that a species is a member of a population that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring and in doing so are reproductively isolated. Of the six listed giraffe species (Giraffa peralta, Giraffa rothschildi,Giraffa reticulata, Girraffa tippelskirchi, Giraffa giraffa, Giraffa angolensis) and the 381…

Nothing before in the archaeological record matches the number, kind, and magnitude of the changes seen in association with the Australian/Pacific migration. Having had lived life in the interglacial period influenced the population of modern humans—thereby, indirectly playing a part to the rate of cultural advance. It appears the changes witnessed here in this era are cultural adaptations, instead of biological ones. Nearing the end of the interglacial, humanity had to act in response to a…

extremes of both cooling and warming, and may lead to undesirable glacier forming. 2. The principle of uniformitarianism is the idea that the Earth is in a consistent condition of change, and ice ages are central point in our ever-changing world. The Pleistocene age adds much credibility to the idea. It demonstrates that changes are slow to take place, and that ice ages can last millions of years. Before uniformitarianism people believed the Earth was made in 4,000 BC and that huge changes…

This paper analyzes the remains of different skeletons from diverse regions in Asia. The Pleistocene was an epoch of evolution and dispersal of our ancestral populations. Fossils from this period are not as abundant in Asia but a handful are thoroughly dated and described in this paper. The primary criteria the authors had in deciding which fossil…

every four years so the toddler can keep up with they can follow the group. From reading this article I found it very intriguing that human beings were able to find ways to survive during the retreat of the last glacier marked at the end of the Pleistocene age dating back approximately 10,000 years ago. But also from reading this I did wonder whether the human race better off without agriculture. Agriculture did dramatically change the course of the human race. There are some things about…

“Smilodon”, was a prehistoric predator, that lived in the southern part of the Americas. (California, Texas, Florida, etc) The Saber-toothed Tiger is named after their long, canine like teeth, that extend from their upper jaw. Existing during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 56 million - 12,000 years ago), Saber-toothed tigers were elongated, stocky animals, that were ferocious, meat eating hunters. The Smilodon populator, or the Saber-tooth Tiger hunted in packs, because it was more efficient. The…

• Procoptodon Goliah (picture 1) – The Procoptodon Goliah was a part of the Sthenurines (short faced Kangaroo) This animal had a very short, deep ‘brachycephalic’ skull and a low jaw. The large Kangaroo stood at around 2 metres tall with a mass of around 200 kg. Tim Flannery an Australian mammologist, palaeontologist, and environmentalist proposed that its closest extant relative is the tiny banded hare wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus) this small animal only weighs 2kg in weight and is about 15…

Stonehouse pond was observed to be igneous rock, with evidence of batholith, an igneous specific type of intrusion that spans for miles at a time. This is evident in figure 8. Various minerals and a grainy texture were also observed. Because of this, and identification of minerals such as quartz, as observed in figure 6, and orthoclase, in figure 9, this rock was concluded to be the igneous rock, granite. Granite forms when magma under the Earth slowly crystallizes. Igneous rock forms when…

Introduction The common name of the Vulpes vulpes is the red fox. The red fox has a relatively long body with dense fur. The fur is typically a rusty red color and the legs are darker in color, sometimes even black. Foxes have black pointed ears and long canine teeth. On their underside, the fur is white from their nose down to their belly, orangish-red fur on its back, sides, and head. Red foxes have white fur under their neck and on their chest. A male fox, also called a “dog” weighs…