From the opening line of the preface, Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel is nothing if not an ambitious work: “This book attempts to provide a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years” (Diamond, 9). This is a bit misleading, however, as Diamond’s motivation is not simply to provide an overview of our species since the dawn of civilization; his aim is to answer the question of “why history unfolded differently on different continents” (Diamond, 9). In the near five-hundred pages of
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Information about the Book: Guns, Germs, and Steel was written by author, anthropologist, ecologist, geographer, and physiologist Jared Diamond and published in 1997 by W. W. Norton & Company. It has 480 pages, and has won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in 1997 for Science and the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for General Nonfiction. Later in 2005, a documentary based off the book was produced by the National Geographic Society and was broadcast on PBS. What is the book about? Guns, Germs, and Steel starts
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In the documentary "Guns, Germs, and Steel", Jared sought to determine the roots of inequality in the world when one of the natives from New Guinea, Yali, once asked him how "the white folk had more cargo and us New Guineans have nothing." This question would spark Diamond's journey on discovering the reason that some people were more privileged than others and where that privilege came from. Diamond would later come to the conclusion that geography played a major role in some civilizations progressing
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NAME INSTRUCTOR’S NAME COURSE COURSE CODE DATE OF SUBMISSION Evolution 1) Define evolution Charles Darwin proposed Evolution to be defined as the idea or scientific theory. Darwin believed that all species changed and evolved by natural selection from the same common ancestors. Evolution simply means that a species undergoes genetic change over time. Over many generations a species can evolve into something different. These changes take place because of changes in DNA, which
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Amelia Clark ANTH 100 Evolution is the idea that biological species have changed over time. Evolution do not differentiate between humans or animals. Evolution was proposed by Charles Darwin and he believed that all species changed or evolved in some form from the same ancestor through natural selection. Since we know that evolution refers to a change over time, lets discuss evolution in the terms of physical anthropology. In the terms of physical anthropology, evolution means changes over a period
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have 2 fathers? K: That’s a good question. Let’s see what the Bible says. Let’s read Matt 6:9. K: So, the scripture says Jehovah is our Father in the heavens. Are people in heaven human Cecily? C: No, they are spirits, we cannot see them. K: Right, so since we know that Jehovah created all things including humans, let’s see how Jehovah earns the title Father. Isaiah 64: 8. K: So Cecily, I’m sure that you have played with clay before right? C: Yep, you can make all kinds of things with clay
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just flaking and chipping pieces off the edges of a flint stone. Early humans used this tool to cut bones, meat, twigs, and dead animal skins. Although this tool was substantially distinguished from others, it is very easily made and has multiple purposes. This tool was also used as a weapon, allowing early human ancestors to travel to different regions where they may have encountered dangerous animals. This enabled early humans to use this tool to hunt and to protect themselves. This tool reflects
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The origin of language in the human species has been the topic of scholarly discussions for several centuries. One linguistic theory concerning the origin of language is the "Natural-sound source theory", that hypothesizes that primitive language are imitations of the natural sounds which early human heard from around them. This is also called the "Bow-wow theory". Yet, some argue that the theory does not necessarily offers a scientific explanation of the origin of language, and it still remains
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in Marxism, Functionalism, Evolution perspective among other have done justice in their attempt to give light on the subject of humanity, they have been found wanting in some respects. This essay will discuss the evolution perspective and show its strength and weaknesses. Anthropology is defined by Wolf E (1994) as the study of humans which takes a broad approach to understand the many different aspects of human experience and to achieve
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have agreed that the theory of human behavior derived from the assumption of selfish rationality is inadequate to describe human behavior and human organizations (Rousseau et al., 1998). The issue is what other approach to theory building will provide an adequate theoretical toolkit for human behavior. We argue in this essay that evolutionary theory is the proper foundation for the human sciences, particularly a theory that includes an account of cultural evolution. This theory shows how the limited
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