Human evolution

Cherokee Tribes had to be resourceful when making tools they used, what the earth provided such as wood, stone, rock and flint. The weapons that the Cherokee tribe used were arrowheads, spears, stone and club weapons which include tomahawks and battle hammers etc. These weapons were used for hunting deer and other types of animals. Some spears were made entirely of hardwood; the points sharpened by hand and then hardened in a fire (Cherokee Nation). Spear points were made in the same way; they…

scientists at the time. What made Anning discoveries so important to the history of science, is that they provided evidence that forced scientists to imagine, like De la Beche, an ancient world different from our own, and so to begin to think of evolution and how it might occur.…

In November of 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the untouched tomb of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. As he discovered the long-lost tomb, Carter kept a diary of his journey. His discovery of the most intact tomb ever found ignited a large interest in Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology. Despite the long excavation of King Tutankhamen’s tomb, excessive research and exploration of the tomb can find hidden treasures and unseen information about ancient Egypt. In 1907, Carter was…

Aboriginals had multiple different tools and weapons that they made, to help them with their tasks. They were smart with making and using tools and weapons. They were the first people in the world to use stone tools to grind seeds, and also to introduce ground edges on cutting tools. The traditional tools included scrapers, digging sticks, knives and axes. And the traditional weapons were spears, shields, clubs and boomerangs. Knives were made of bones or stones they were very sharp, and they…

The Paleolithic period, also known as Old Stone Age, was a remarkable period that encompassed the creation and use of chipped stone tools that characterized the evolution of technology from the Oldowan to the Acheulian, Mousterian, and Upper Paleolithic periods. Early stone tools, known as chopper tools or hammer stones, were discovered by archaeologists at several sites in eastern and southern Africa. Using a technique called percussion flaking, hammer stone tools were used to remove flakes…

explain why there were so many different rates of human development on different continents and to his traditional views and opinions. The "rise of civilization" conveys the opinions and true meanings behind civilization and how it came about. There is evidence proving some theories to be correct while as others are more questionable making Diamond even more curious to explain the unknown. Chapter 1: Diamond right away creates the accumulation that humans are from a lineage of other animals in…

Introduction Mass media has made distinct images and suggestions that are structured around the concept of a white world. What do I mean about a white world? White individuals are more socially accepted in society. You probably have heard concepts such as “white power” or “white supremacy”. “Historically, those deemed “white” have benefited from economic and social privileges withheld from those deemed “nonwhite” (Deo, Lee, Chin, Milman, &Yuen, 2008). Mass media has made a major impact by…

The first episode of the documentary Guns, Germs, & Steel is about a man name Jared Diamond who is trying to figure out the answer to a perplexing question .While doing broad field work in New Guinea Jared Diamond new Guinean companion Yali asked the question “to why is it that you white people developed so much cargo, but we have little cargo of our own?” .Jared Diamond understood that Yali's question touched the heart of an incredible puzzle of mankind's history as to why the world is so…

Bipedalism is one of the Big six events that happened in evolution of humans becoming what we are today. Bipedalism means standing, walking lifting on two feet rather than walking on four feet like the other apes in our Apes category. To understand why humans walk using bipedalism anthropologist must look into the past. One of the most significant fossil for evidence of bipedalism is a fossil named “Lucy”. Lucy was found in Easy Africa. She is an adult female that stood at about three and half…

Human Nature and Determinism: What is the Provenance? As human intellect and history have progressed, many differing speculations of human nature and what determines it have been formulated. These types of philosophies took root as early as we can trace, with historical figures such as the Ancient Greeks forming their own deliberations concerning human nature and its motives or lack thereof. There are many conjectures on this subject, but prominent forms of determinism are historical…