Acheulean

Evolution of the Human Diet Presently, the state of people becoming poisoned by the food they are consuming is alarming. This has been attributed to the evolution of the human diet. Many health problems are related to the discordance that has been a result of diet changes that have outstripped the ability of genetic development to keep pace with the alternations in what people consume today (Ungar and Mark 145). Nutritionists today are arguing that there is increased inundated fat, high gleamy…

Shaquille Benson Ms. Holley Johnson English 4 09/25/2014 Working with Wood Woodworking is a career for some people and a hobby to others. Wood is used to fix many things like toys for kids, furniture, boats. And other things another example would be like floor boards. Wood is one of the oldest things that have been around its been around for a pretty long time. Wood is imported at 1.5 million tons all over the United States. There is at least 71% of timberland that is privately owned. The…

distance migration which meant diverse environments. The species adapted to its diverse surrounding by learning to hunt and gather cooperatively. (Kottak 186) Another adaptation was tool use. H. erectus began using Lower Paleolithic tools known as Acheulean, named after the village of St. Acheul in France where they were found. They would repeatedly flake off pieces of rock in order to make sharp edges which would eventually become a hand axe shaped like a teardrop. These tools would be used for…

In today’s society, school curriculums are filled with a variety of topics, from the Math’s to the Sciences, English’s to the Foreign Languages. One of the many items contained in school curriculums includes evolution. Evolution is a highly controversial subject in science that typically starts many debates with differing views on the subject. Some are for the teaching of evolution in public schools while others do not agree with evolution and does not want it taught to their children on the…

What is it to be human? One would think that humans would be experts on the subject, but instead the question seems without answer. The Wisdom of the Bones by Alan Walker and Pat Shipman explores this question by defining the physical and behavioral characteristics of humans and their ancestors. Despite our ability to create clean categories for other animals to fit in, Walker and Shipman reveal that there seems to be something harder for humans to define about ourselves. As is done with any…

erectus’ ability to disperse out of Africa is based on their extrinsic interactions, or the climatic change and ecological interactions. Homo erectus leaving Africa aligns more so with ecological factors, and their dispersal, than other ideas such as Acheulean technology. The use of stone technology is proved to be unrelated due to the earliest Homo erectus site founded outside Africa dated at 1.8 Ma, which is before tool…