...Paleoanthropology can be defined as the study of the chronology, remains, physical structure and habitats of early hominids. The fields of anthropology and paleoanthropology have been dominated by one family name since the 1930's, the Leaky family. Three generations of the Leakey family have been piecing together the story of our origins for over six decades. The patriarch of the family is Louis S.B. Leakey who was a paleontologist, an archaeologist and an anthropologist. He was born in Kenya in 1903 where he lived with his parents among Kenya's largest tribe. He attended college at the University of Cambridge and in 1924 during a break from his studies due to an injury; he went on an archeological expedition to Africa and was hooked. He led four fossil hunting expeditions there. He returned to Cambridge and completed his degree in both Archaeology and Anthropology in 1926. During a fellowship at St. John's College he published his first book, The Stone Age Cultures of Kenya Colony, which was about his extensive fieldwork in Africa during his expeditions. With the notoriety that he was receiving, Louis obtained a grant and went to Olduvai Gorge in 1931. He was determined to prove his theory that Africa was where our ancestors originated. He spent his first twenty years there without any significant findings, but did find many fossils and Stone Age tools. Louis married Mary Nicol in 1937 and she shared a mutual desire with him to find the origins of man. ...
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...For example, clues left behind on the farm tell stories too, “but not a man for farming, say the fields / cluttered with boulders and the leaky barn” (7-8). The “cluttered fields” emphasizes how there was a lack of use of the fields, showing neglect and not very much maintenance on the farm. The man is probably lazy and not hardworking, which can be a possible reason for the woman leaving in a “nervous haste”. In addition, some of these details can provide evidence to the family’s lifestyle, “And the winters cold, say the rags in the window frames. / It was lonely here, says the narrow country road” (15-16). The use of the word “say” provides a storytelling tone, making the items seem like they are telling a story. The family did not have many relatives or visitors because of the “narrow country road”. Living conditions can point out lifestyle and an individual’s...
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...An abandoned farmhouse located on a desolate country road is where a big, tall, godly man and his family once lived. The size of the man’s shoes and the extra length on the bed give clues about the size of this man. His family consisted of a woman and a child, because the rooms in the house were decorated with a woman’s touch, and the yard had a sandbox made from an old tractor tire. The fields full of large stones make them unsuitable for farming. The man failed to provide for his family. Money seemed scarce for the family, homemade food items were left on the shelves in the cellar. A crisis happened here, because the family left in a hurry. Evidence of their personal items are left abandoned at the farm. The man’s shoes left on broken...
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...What was the Mayflower Compact and what is its significance in American history? More than three centuries ago the Virginia Company of London gave a patent for a settlement to some London merchants headed by Thomas Weston. Over twenty-four families were sent over to America on a small, leaky ship, called The Mayflower. These colonists promised to send lumbers, furs, and fish back to the Weston for seven years. After these seven years, they would own the tract. The leaders of the expedition and half the members were Separatist Puritans that had withdrawn from the Church of England. In November of 1620, this ship landed at Plymouth bay in present-day Massachusetts. They had no legal right to be there, thus the leaders had all the adult males in the group sign a document known as the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact is what the Pilgrims were gathered around in the painting, Architect of the Capitol, by Allyn Cox (1896-1982). This document constituted them selves as a “civil body politic” or government, thus establishing the Plymouth colony. The artist that painted the Architect of the Capitol wanted to capture the beginnings of America. He added the Indian on the left hand side to remind Americans who was here first and who helped our ancestors. The colors Cox used were very light colors not using any vibrant colors to portray peace and elegance. Cox’s painting is of the beginning of our government and also the beginning of the New World. The Mayflower...
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...The Hindenburg the mighty air ship that crashed on May 6 1937 killing 13 passengers 22 staff and 1 land member and 62 survived the crash. The cause was never found of the Hindenburg crash and the air ship was never rebuilt there are many ways people say the fire has started by a spark and a leaky air bag some said a smoking staff some even said someone did it on purpose but sadly we will never know the true cause of the fire but we do know one thing it burnt in 30 seconds The disaster happened May 6 1937 in Newark New Jersey it was man built by the Germans it was as long as the titanic the ship was held up by hydrogen a very flammable gas when fire hit the gas it exploded into flames when the news got out people were devastated family of...
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...August 28th, 1774 and grew up in the upper class society of New York (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton), her mother died when Elizabeth was only three (Biography of Elizabeth Ann Seton). Elizabeth lived a simple and quiet life; she was a prolific reader who read everything from novels to bibles. Elizabeth married the young and wealthy William Seton by the age of nineteen. Once William's father passed away the young couple soon became responsible for the family business and seven of William’s half brothers and sisters (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton). After the family business had failed the Setons sailed...
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...1.Recycling Unfortunately, there seem to be many people who think that only governments and big companies in general should do something to conserve the environment. This is however untrue. Every single individual is actually able to participate in protecting this planet frompollution and suffocation caused by all kinds of residues and waste “produced” by the world’s population. It is actually quite easy to go green. Taking care of the environment should be everyone’s responsibility and privilege at the same time; the privilege to conserve the planet for the generations to come. There are numerous ways in which environment protection and conservation can be achieved.Nevertheless, we will try to enumerate ten of the most common and simple ones. They are easy to do by absolutely anyone with a little bit of good will. There are three essential verbs youshould keep in mind: reduce, recycle, reuse. Recycle everything you can and try to buy reusable and biodegradable products as much as possible. Whether it is glass or paper, plastic or metal, all these materials can be re-used. Empty jars, wine bottles, broken glasses and absolutely any other item made of glass which is no longer useful should be recycled. It takes a million years for glass to decompose. Also, old newspapers, paper wraps, cardboard, sheets of paper you no longer need should all reach the paper container and be sent in order to be recycled. Millions of trees will thank you for that. It is amazing to see that...
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...The Antebellum period of the old South is considered the peak of the Southern aristocracy. Although the aristocrats owned a majority of the wealth and land, it was their slaves who made the plantations a success. The slaves had to undergo the worst conditions during the antebellum period such as the amount of work, lack of food, health, punishments, and clothes. Slavery became the worst of work ever. Their labor services are obtained through force and their physical beings are regarded as the property of others. Most slaves were given tasks to do due to their physical wellbeing. A work day consisted of 15 to 16 hours a day during harvest time and could go on through harvest and milling for 18 hours per week for 7 days a week. There were little differences in the work field involving gender. Women, who were pregnant, were still sent to work. "Hard driving" was quite common, which was working slaves past their abilities. In the South there was no time to rest, the climate was always considered work weather, so everyone was active all year round. Children that were 6-10 might be active as water carriers. Children that were 10-12 were organized into groups and put to weeding. Punishment was a horrible part of the slave system. The physical punishment brutal but the mental and sexual abuse was also a huge part of slavery. Each plantation had its own set of social, religious, and labor codes. The slave master reigned as god. He maintained the element of slave misery, by controlling...
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...same as I did. To become a firefighter. I took the first civil service test and did pretty well. But I knew my scores weren’t good enough to get a job offer. So off to college and find a job. After settling in to my job, I figured this was going to be my future. A suit and tie kind of of guy. That was OK with me. I was making a good living and was looking to marry my high school sweetheart. I started to put the thought of becoming a firefighter further and further from my mind. In the spring of 1996, a bunch of my friends told they were taking the civil service exam for the fire department. Now at this time I was just recently married and had a good job. My wife and I started to look for house to buy, and maybe start a family. But in the back of my mind, I knew I had to give it one more shot before letting that dream go. I decided to...
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...advising a writer unsuccessfully peddling his fiction, this is ''a good old thumping yarn,'' the sort of thing a reader can ''sink his tusks into.'' But ''Star of the Sea'' is also an agonizing inquiry into the nature of abandonment and the difficulty of finding anyone who will truly care about the fate of others. How large does suffering have to loom before we take notice? O'Connor suggests that we can tolerate mountains of misery, sipping our coffee and reading our newspapers as the corpses pile up beneath the headlines. The Star of the Sea is a leaky old tub sailing from Ireland to New York in the terrible winter of 1847, carrying in its staterooms a reluctantly intertwined collection of characters. The most noteworthy is an Irish aristocrat, David Merridith, Lord Kingscourt, whose Oxford training has shown him ''how to put on like a cheerful idiot'' while he's got his ''hands sliding around your neck.'' Merridith and his family are being stalked by a man named Pius Mulvey, who has been charged, on pain of death, with executing the aristocrat before he reaches America. Mulvey's orders issue from a group of Irishmen who resent Merridith's eviction of his tenants, leaving them to starvation as he takes his bankrupt but very comfy self off to the New World. Connected to both Merridith and Mulvey is a peasant woman, Mary Duane, who has cause to disavow the lot of them, and yet...
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...Babies are struggling to walk, because they had nowhere safe to crawl. Children and families are cramped in sweltering, adjacent tents and movement is totally restricted. Many would rather wet their beds at night than risk the 100 metre walk in darkness, and the scent of faeces is rivalled purely by the stench of despair. The kids are barricaded by barbs, as they longingly look to the kids outside; attending school, playing on the streets, being free; whereas they receive sporadic education and are locked up like criminals. Does seeking a better future count as a crime? Do they deserve the punishment of being placed in detainment centres so draconian, conditions are believed similar to concentration camps and treatment is comparable is...
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...Barriers to Critical Thinking Avery Schwaderer HUM/115 March 7, 2016 Patricia Prince Barriers to Critical Thinking Critical thinking is the process in which an individual carefully thinks using reason, logic, and examination to identify their understanding. Many people are unreflective of their thinking and base their biases off of the culture they have lived in such as their family, friends, and media. We all have biases that are difficult to control because they are so imbedded into our way of thinking. These are what Kirby and Goodpaster label as “barriers.” As much as I would like to think critically about every subject I unfortunately I fall short in several issues like many other people do due to barriers that have formed throughout my life. One barrier I have keeping me from thinking critically is I tend to think in black and white. This is especially apparent to me right now during the presidential election. I like many others have a favorite candidate and believe that this one person is the only person good enough to do the job. That thinking is incorrect though. Many of the candidates have different qualities about them that would be suiting for the office of president. There is proof that one candidate is not right for everybody by looking at the different percentages of votes in different areas of the country. Depending on where you live, how you were raised, your occupation, and your lifestyle you are going to tend to prefer one over another because of...
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...The movie that I selected to watch was Genetic Roulette. The reason for selecting this film was because I commonly hear individuals say things like “everything now a days will kill you eventually so might as well eat whatever you want”. This is extremely frustrating to hear because from what I understand, the reason that so many foods today cause diseases or death is because what is put in them. We as a society are not educated enough on the subject of what is being put in our food so we assume that everything is bad and that nothing will change the quality of food products today. When choosing which film to watch, I assumed that this movie would be related to what is being put into our food and how it is being genetically modified. This film...
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...experience to be bad, including long hours, unpleasant co-workers, and bad working conditions. The worst job I ever had was when I worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant, or CNA for short. This job was very difficult for my family and me. I had just had my first child three months prior to beginning to work at a Nursing home that was about thirty minutes from my house. As one of the newer hires, I was automatically put on third shift, which was eleven p.m. to seven a.m. Between the drive and working the night shift, I was always exhausted. As a new mom, I found it extremely difficult being away from my child during the night. My husband had to take over the responsibility of caring for our infant son during the nights I worked. He worked second shift at a nearby youth detention center, so when he was leaving for work in the afternoon, I was just waking up. It was difficult to adjust to being awake all night and then sleeping during the day. The hours were a significant stressor on me, as well as my marriage. My son went to my mom’s house when I had to go to work. Then my husband picked him up when he got off work. Our conflicting work schedules made working at the nursing home a very unpleasant experience because of the hardships on my family. Working as a CNA is a specific calling that most people aren’t drawn to. I had always been pulled to the healthcare field. However I had no idea how complicated and frustrating patient care could be. I did not like the...
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...This report will discuss the potential effects 5 different life factors will have on the development on individuals from two different life stages. Genetic Biological Environmental Socioeconomic Lifestyle Determinism is the belief that your future is fixed or determined, either by what you have genetically inherited or by your social environment and experience. The alternative to determinism is choice and interaction this is the belief that people can take control of their own lives through the choices they make. It is sometimes referred to as the ‘free will’ viewpoint. Genetic factors and disorders. Each cell in the body contains 23 pairs of chromosomes. One chromosome from each pair is inherited from your mother and one is inherited from your father. The chromosomes contain the genes you inherit from your parents. There may be different forms of the same gene. These different forms are called alleles. There are different genes that determine your eye colour and your hair colour. The different forms of genes are caused by mutations in the DNA code. Genetic disorders are depending on certain factors these are; what genes you inherit of your parents, whether the gene for that condition is dominant or recessive and their environment, including any treatment they may receive. An example of a genetic disorder is Sickle Cell Anaemia; Sickle cell anaemia is a disease where your body produces abnormally shaped red blood cells. The cells are shaped like a crescent...
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