Becoming Human: Last Human Standing

Have you ever wondered why all of our early ancestors and early humans in general have disappeared and we have not? This was quite a fascinating happening because it was proven that Neanderthals had an even bigger brain then our own. So how come that at the very end we were the ones that stayed and not them? It all comes down to one big thing. And that is the diet which we had. Even though the Neanderthals had bigger brains that our own, they didn't use the quality they could have used. In other words our brains were more complex and sophisticated  then theirs. As a fact to this they only ate meat and just meat nothing else, not even vegetables. So for killing there pray they used maybe two or three different types of weapons to kill their pray. After making the same type of technology over and over again your intelligence doesn't quite grow anymore, because your so used to it. After a couple of years we {Homo Sapiens} migrated to a place next to the water which made us change our whole daily routines and tasks. We also change the way we eat and hunt and made new equipment which would suit the place we are haunting at. As you can see only from this little thing like the change in food changed the whole evolution to other early humans. Thus making them vanish and making us the last human standing

"Last Human Standing ." Becoming Human. PBS NOVA. 31 Aug. 2011. Television. 

Taming Fire; The first scientist

Have you ever thought about fire and how it saved and helped humanity. You probably didn't. Well a resource which modern humans use rarely was once a key thing to survival. Scientist estimated that humans have been using fire for at least 250,000 but they were most likely wrong, because they found animals bones in a cave somewhere in Swartkrans that were completely burned up. And the temperature used to cook them was too high for it to be a wildfire thus making fire use be older then a 1,000,000 years. In the past humans would have used hearths {a fire place made out of stone}, often identified by a circle of rocks around it. And inside of them were bones, animal remains if you will. Like i mentioned before hearths have a higher temperature of heat then any other natural fire like wildfire, but of course not as hot as lava. Who ever seemed to ignore all of the consequences of fire changed human evolution for the better. A result of this would be food because with fire it is easier to digest it and fire also cleans up all the bacteria and worms. Another big influence fire made was the immigration of early humans form Africa to Europe and Asia, which expanded the life of early humans. Fire also protected early humans from dangers predators while they were sound asleep. As you can see their are lots of ways that fire helped us humans, in fact to much for me to write but these are the most basic ones. With out someone taking a risk we would have never discovered fire this early.

On Our Own Two Feet

Humans way of waking is unique. We are the only creatures on earth to walk up straight on only two legs, and we have been doing this for a very long time, more then 6 million years to be exact. Now because we got used to walking this way we don't but a lot of effort into it, or in other words we have a very good balance thanks to our pelvis. It is structured in a way to keep our body upright while in apes it is turned side was which makes the waste bend more easily. One very interesting fact i learned while reading this article is that humans and apes are NOT RELATED! They have the same ancestor but form there they branch of in different ways and new creatures where born like us for example. As all of you know Apes and humans have some similar features but clearly our brain is much much larger then theirs thats the one of the biggest differences when comparing us to apes. When you turn all of the skulls over you will see a whole. Now for humans the whole is right in the middle of the back of their head this is where the spine cord goes and this is also another reason why we can easily walk on two legs. The apes spine cord hole is on the top of their head which makes the spine curve more therefore it is easier for them to walk on four legs. Even though our bodies changes and our brains grew, our ancestors childhood was pretty short, kind of like an apes. Not to mentioned that there growth was doubled when they were small. In conlusion i would like to mention that we have change and developed {in a better way} but there still are mysterious form the past about us which are not yet solved  

Who's Who Among the Early Hominids?

In the past there where many different types of creatures before we evolved, some very similar to are kind while others were more like apes. Over time there body structure changed as well as their mind and everything else. One of the oldest recorded ancestors which we found is a called Sahelanthropus Tchandensis. It is about 6-7 million years old, and there have been lots of arguements if this creature resembles us {humans} more then apes. After that comes the Orrorin Tugenensis which was found in kenya. It lived approximately form 6.1 to 5.8 million years ago. It used to climb a lot like apes. After this comes the Ardipithecus {ground ape} which live 4.4 million years ago. Not a lot of information has been found on this creature except that it has ape like skeleton antonym, and that it had smaller molar teeth and larger front teeth, basically ape like features.  After the Ardipithecus  there are the Kenyapithecus Platyops, Parnthropus and Austalopithecus which kind of interacted during their life time because all of them lived in between 2 million years and 4 millions years ago. Now slowly we are beginning to get into early humans {sometimes known as cave men.} So we have Homo Erectus, Homo habills, and Homo rudolfensis which all three of them started to resemble a lot like humans. Homo habills even and Homo rudolfensis even started to use tools. After them we have Homo georgicus and homo neandethalensis, And Homo floreslensis. In conclusion i wanted to state that personally i am amazed how many creatures there were before us. Can you imagine what there community was like. Cant wait to find out even older ancestors.

Why We Study Human Origin

Why We Study Human Origins 
by Randall Susman Calliope: Exploring World History

Through out years people have wanted to know how humans came to be. One of the first community to provide information from the past was religion. But as all of you know even in the past there were more then one religion which meant more then one possible answer.  Then around the nineteenth century a scientist named Charles Darwin came along and made started talking about human evolution and how humans evolved  from monkeys and apes. Of course because this was the nineteenth century there was no solid evidence like fossils and bones not until Henry Huxley showed up and found the first skeleton of what scientists say are our ancestors. He also made a daring discovery, according to the author “Huxley believed that anatomically,African apes and humans were similar, more similar in fact than apes were to monkeys.” This is interesting because when you look at an ape, it's looks resemble a monkey, but on the inside they are human like. In conclusion nobody yet figured out how we came to be and that's one of the mysteries which will take time to solve. 

Susman, Randall. "Why We Study Human Origins." Calliope: Exploring World History Sept. 1999: 4-5. Print.

Gladiator School found!

National Geographic states that archaeologists found gladiator school a little bit outside of Vienna Austria. Not only is it a gladiator school but they say its huge. I will try to display a picture on the bottom of the passage. It is stated that its the largest know gladiator school found so far in the Roman Empire. They also discovered something that appears to be and underground gladiator cemetery. Archaeologist uncovered this school by using a fancy tool which im not sure of the certain name but is a tractor with special raider equipment. Could this be the biggest gladiator school from the Roman Empire or other more waiting to be discovered.


Here is a picture of the school:

Got from google

Stonehenge mystery

The marvelous monument has spawned countless of tales of its creation, because no written evidence was left behind for the archeologists to figure out how they actually became the way they are. Some of these theories/stories include, that the great Merlin {wizard} used his might and transported the stones all the way from Ireland, where the giants have created them. Another tale says that invading Danes put the stones up. There was also the theory that the Stonehenge was the ruins of the roman temple. You would thing that people these days would be a little more realistic, but you've got it wrong. People these days say that the Stonehenge are the spacecraft landing for aliens when they visit earth. But one of the most believed theories is that its a giant fertility symbol in the shape of female genitalia. This theory as well as all the others are really hard to believe for well educated archeologists/scientists. In conclusion even though there are a lot of facts and interesting information about the Stonehenge, there are a lot of parts missing from the puzzle. I hope that archeologists find out the mystery of Stonehenge

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Current Event

Tomb of the Otters Filled With Stone Age Human Bones!

It was recently discover that there was a tomb filled with thousands of stone age human bones. This surprising tomb was discovered by and ordinary man who was trying to level out his land to have a better view of the ocean. This tomb is located in Scottish island and the under ground cave consists of 4-by 0.75-meters. Not only is this a great discoverment but there may be some object or symbols which my represent/show the way they lived back then, it can also show how different scottish culture was from like England's. Archeologists can also identify when these people where murdered or died by using their methods. I hope archeologist find more tombs and monuments to explain how people lived in the past and their hopes ideas etc.

How do Historians Learns About the Past

Historians learn about the past life, or the people from the past, by following the historical method. Any  genuine historian has to use this method to unlock the secrets from the past, because if you don't  the object/artifact that you discoverd may be fake {someone could have easily planted it there.} The historical method includes five steps which as a historian you need to follow. First step is to gather all the sources, including the primary sources, as well as the secondary sources {they both will help you.} Second step is to categorize the sources, if its a writen source {this may include letters, speeches, diaries etc.} or an nonwriten source {which would be an arifacts, tombs, monuments etc.} Third step is to evaluate their sources, ask themselves the five W's {who, what, where, when, why.} Fourth step is to interpret their information/findings if it looks real or if it is old, to which culture or group of people did it belong, so on. And the 5th and last step is to share their findings/theories to there colleagues, and other historians. As you can see being a historians is tough, but if you know where to look and follow these rules you'll end up finding something valuble you just shouldn't give up.

One thing thats confusing about the historical method is that its not really a method used to figure out if an object/artifact is a sham or not {although you can use it that way.}But it's a method used to figure out if your theory was right

In the Past Where Did Humans Tend to Settle and Why?

In the past the biggest population of people tended to settle in the areas that would best suit there farm, because they didn't have restaurant and stores that would make there lives easy like we do, they had to do it all them selves. So by saying this they of course needed to find a place where the climates good, this was the biggest prioraty/worry they had when choosing a place to live, because how could they grow food if its all try and every living thing is falling apart and dying, or the exact oppisite where its to rainy and nothing can die because it didn't even grow out yet. So basicly they needed to find a place that would balance out the rain and to sun. The second thing they looked for in the area that they wanted to settle in was the topography, if the place had to much mountains or the dry season was to long stuff like that. So they had a very difficult job when it came to setteling in places. Also keep in mind that most of the cities we have today were made from farms where are ancisters use to work hard everyday to get supplies they needed to survive one more day. I will repeat once more that when it came to picking a place to live there where a lot of needs that had to be fulfilled {in other words, it was a hard job to do.}

People from the past are more clever then we think

What Is History And Why Do We Study It?

I think that history is made up from events in the past {it may not mean that it is long in the past but its still considered history} which may help you with the near future. History can focus on the ideas of people, also there successes or failures, which like i said before can help us now in the modern day, because we know what to do and, what not to do. Also a lot of people in the past helped us make a brighter future. Like Nikola Tesla, well he literally helped us brighten the world because he invented lightbulbs, but i think you get what i'm trying to say. We study history to have global awareness, because you can offend a person, not meaning to, for example you say a joke but in his culture or belief thats offensive. By this way you can also start war, not knowing why it started in the first place, thats why we need global awareness, and have to study history.
Now you tell me why is history important to you

An amazing video a teacher made to her class why they should study history, defiantly worth watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgmNkYUL_Cw&feature=related

First Project

As you ALL know summers done! And now its time work. In my new grade thing are getting pretty hard because we are learning about unfamiliar topics, but the teachers are doing a very good job smoothing the road for us to make it easier for us to learn. A couple of days ago we were assigned on our FRIST HUMANITIES PROJECT. As soon as we heard about the project all of us felt scared, and nervous, thinking of ways to exceed our teachers expectations. Luckily all of us did the work that was required some even added a bonus. Now about the project:

• We had to choose 2 different countries to right about {one where we have a passport and another where we would like to live in.}
• We had to put the population, president, flag etc.
• We had to present it

After I hear all the presentation i got to say that i learned so many new things about so many countries {or states} 

Conclusion: I have really enjoyed this project, it was the perfect way to start off the long year ahead of us.