Homo Sapiens Unite

Human Variation   Cold temperatures are an environmental stress that can cause multiple problems in humans. When a human is exposed to cold temperatures for too long it can cause frost bite, hypothermia, and sometimes even death to name a few. A short term adaptation to cold weather is shivering. Shivering can induce body muscle heat. This method could be a problem though because, it requires an increased intake of nutrients to provide the energy needed. A facultative adaptation is Vasoconstriction. During Vasoconstriction our blood vessels narrow to reduce blood flow to the skin. This would help to retain body heat. A developmental adaptation is people in colder climates tend to have more body fat. They are usually short and rounder then people in warmer climates. This extra fat in the body adds extra layers to help retain body heat. A cultural adaptation is the clothing people wear. Eskimos and people in colder climates wear heavier clothing. They wear parkas and jackets ful...

Language Blog Post   This week we were asked to communicate with a partner. The first part was communicating without language for 15 minutes and the second part was to communicate without body or facial language. So when it came to the first part of the assignment I found it to be very difficult not to use language at all. I personally love talking so this was difficult to accomplish. By not being able to communicate with spoken language I found that it did alter the way my partner communicated with me. At first, it seemed like my partner was confused by my absence of speaking but, he quickly turned to conversation to something where I could use body language and hand gestures to be able to answer him.      I think in this conversation my partner was in charge of what we talked about and when the subjects changed. This is due to the fact that I could not speak so they had free reign to be in control of what was brought up. My partner was the one asking the...

The Piltdown Hoax   Back in the 1900's, 1912 to be exact in the small village of piltdown and amateur archaeologist named Charles Dawson claimed to find a piece of an ancient human skull. When this skull was found Dawson called in the leading geologist in England Arthur Smith Woodward and a man named Father Pierre to help him continue digging the site. These fossils were seen as phenomenal because, they would be the first ever found in England. While continuing the dig Dawson apparently came across a jawbone that looked human but, also looked like an ape jawbone with human teeth. If this discovery turned out to be a human jawbone the trio believed it would show proof that humans and apes were related. By finding these items it appeared that England would be responsible for having the oldest humans due to how it looked compared to other fossils that had been found in other countries. Also by finding these items it proved what Arthur Keith had been saying all along ...