In the article Taking Wing, Stephen Brusatte explores the theory of avian evolution by tracking the gradual evolution from dinosaur to bird through fossil evidence. Brusatte, a paleontologist from the University of Edinburgh, starts his journey when the Chinese government extended him and Junchang Lü, a famous dinosaur hunter, invitations to inspect a unknown fossil species. At first glance, it resembled any ordinary predatory dinosaur as it possessed a long tail, sharp teeth, and pointy claws, but under closer inspection, Brusatte saw that the fossil showed unique characteristics that catalyzed further research and discovery. This fossil contained bones that were skinny, hollow, and light and showed imprints of what looked lie prehistoric…
“Cynognathus” was a reptile that had fossils found on South Africa, and Africa. This is only possible because of continental drift, the animal couldn't have swam across a whole ocean. The next reptile is the “Lystrosaurus”, it’s fossils were found on Africa, India, and Antarctica. These continents today are very far apart and even then how would they adapt at the same time. The next piece of evidence is a plant called “Fern Glossopteris”.…
The Paleolithic and Neolithic eras mark the beginnings of art, agriculture, and “civilized” society in humans. The Paleolithic era made up the first part of the Stone Age and lasted over two million years, and came to an end after the end of the last Ice Age. The humans living during this time lived primarily as hunter-gatherers and depended on the land for all resources. In a time prior to practices such as farming and domestication, the societies of this time lived off a combination of wild game and plants gathered from the forests.…
The Triassic period was the first period of the Mesozoic era and occurred between 251 and 200 million years ago. At this time the earth was very bare. The planet was recovering from an event that caused a great mass extinction of over 90% of the earth’s species. It did however have some advantages. Those species that did survive repopulated the planet and created new creatures such as rodent-sized mammals and even the very first dinosaurs.…
The Predynastic period was a time of huge transition in the years of 3500 BCE. There were political changes and also divides. These years focused on tombs, pottery, paintings, and other pieces of art that also took place in the 3500s. In ancient Egypt many tombs and temples were in different places and were being built with different types of materials.…
Since this extinction took place so long ago it had for scientists to gather all the information that made this extinction to happened. During the time of Permian period Main species were the Therapsids like the Ducynodon and…
The Permian-Triassic Extinction, or Late Permian Extinction is often referred to as “The Great Dying”, due to…
How the cretaceous period started. The cretaceous period started with the end of the Jurassic. It was the last of the three periods. It was the longest and most alive of the three periods. The cretaceous period lasted a very long time.…
The Permian was a time of great changes. It was the last period of the Paleozoic Era. It lasted from 299 to 251 million years ago. After the Permian period life on earth was never the same. By the close of the Permian period, a mass extinction happened in which a large number of earth’s species became extinct.…
A quick summary explains that evolution occurs over a long period of time (millennia upon millennia). It occurs when…
The Neolithic Revolution began in the Middle East and spread all around the world. The discovery of farming spread to other cultures. The Neolithic Revolution started in 8,000 BCE when the climate changed causing plants to grow along the river all over the land. This reliable source of food caused cities to develop when people started settling down and started the idea of specialized labor where one person only does one job. When the Paleolithic Age was ending the climate became warmer causing plants to grow which was the beginning of farming.…
Invaders are no others, but the humans as claimed by Pat Shipman (2015). Humans are the only species who has played a big role in the extinction of other species living around it. It has built and destroyed habitats and put the threat of extinction to others. Humans, according to me, is one species which can build and destroy the habitats it's living around. Humans have a much bigger brain than most of the other species making them the smarter than others.…
Pangaea eventually broke apart into separate piece of land due to plate shifts and geometric functions. He continues up to the end of the Ice Age. Roughly ten thousand years ago humans began to move towards exploring island in the Atlantic such as…
So, The Quaternary period is characterized by several periods of glaciation. It is believed to start about 1.8 million years ago. This Time period is also known for its time of change. This period is divided into two epochs the Pleistocene and the Holocene. It is thought that the Woolly Mammoths still existed at the beginning of this period.…
To what extent did the animal figures affect the daily lives of the Ancient Egyptian population? This research question is worthy of investigation because animals affected the beliefs of the Egyptian society in a variety of ways, and knowing the basis of where these beliefs came from can further help historians and researchers understand why the Egyptians organized their societies in the way that they were. The land of the gods of Egypt was vast and it was ruled by spirits of animals. Such, was how the order of Maat was preserved in Egypt. The 13th ideal of the 42 Ideals of Ma’at states that one must “…Honour all animals as sacred.”…