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Loc Truong 28/11/16 Anthr 1A Hominin Research Paper The new fossil finds may tell us more about human evolution. Up to now, the anthropologists have found a lot of fossil that lead to the research and find the source of the human evolution from 2 milion years ago to 20,000 years ago. Throughout this research paper, it shows the analyze the ecological conditions and behavioral patterns that contributed to the evolution of Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Archaic Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and…

I, Too, Sing America & Incident In the poem “I, Too, Sing America” is about the speaker believing that one day he will he get freedom. He explains that even though they deny him now, he’s in the background getting bigger and stronger. The speaker expresses how just because he’s black and looks different than others, he can sing America just like the others can. The poem “Incident” is about an African American man who is looking back on his life when he was living in Baltimore. He then refers to…

Tiger Vs. Lion Time and time again,we wonder about random things. An example of this would be the question, who would win a fight between a male lion and a male tiger? Since they have completely different lifestyles, it would be interesting to catch them in the act. Some things that are different about them are their physical characteristics, and where they live. Although, they have a very low chance in meeting in today’s day and age, they did a long time ago. In this paper, I will discuss the…

appeared in a documentary called “Gay Pioneers”. Kameny was chipping away at the ban of gays in the military since the 1970’s. Some of his signs that he used to picket the white house are now in a National museum of American history of the Smithsonian Institution. His house in Washington D.C was listed on the National register of Historic…

In the 1845 to 1849 James K. Polk was the eleventh president of the United State. As the chief executive, his principle objectives were to restore the United States Treasury Department, secure the domains of Oregon and get the regions of California and New Mexico. James achieved each of these goals. He drove the nation to war with Mexico and picked up a great deal of locale in the midst of his term in office. Despite what various may think, James K. Polk is outstanding across more than a few…

The late 19th century gave rise to the “Positivist Age”, a period experienced in both Europe and America in which scientific progress and rational thought was beginning to be widely accepted and trusted. This transformation in political and religious ideals was paralleled in the arts through the rejection of Romanticism because it did not show accuracy of the real, observable world. Konstantin Makovsky’s painting The Russian Bride’s Attire, is a decorative piece that depicts the revival of…

identity and our history. The Horse Nation continues to inspire, and Native artists continue to celebrate the horse in our songs, our stories, and our works of art.” – Emil Her Many Horses Emil Her Many Horses is one of the many curators at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. More specifically, he is the curator in the Museum Scholarship at the National Museum of the American Indian. He is from the Oglala Lakota nation of South Dakota and is specialized in the cultures of the central…

conception of these people is that they can’t do anything good in their lives because they’re disabled. This statement is completely false; take, for example, African-American musician and singer Ray Charles. Ray Charles remembers in an interview with Smithsonian…

described by Garrett Hardin. The islanders of Easter Island, on the other hand, were completely oblivious. “The island’s population was too small, too primitive and too isolated.”(Trachtman, Paul. “The Secrets of Easter Island.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Mar. 2002, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-secrets-of-easter-island-59989046/.) They did not realize how their actions had affected the environment until it was too late. Although they were able to create incredible pieces…

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