Why We Study Human Origins

By: Randall Susman 

Calliope:Exploring World History

Article Summary:

The questions people wonder are usually:

-Why

-When

-Where

Did humans evolved and originate? 

-How and why did some early hominids(early humans) not survive?

Fossils can help us answer these questions

Fossils can also help us know how early lived, adopted to their surroundings

-They tell us about their physical features and behavior

Fossils are scientific evidence of out ancestors

In the past people believed myths to explain how we evolved

-By observing plants and animals Charles Dowrin developed Theory of Evolution

-Thomas Henry proposed that apes are more similar to humans than to monkeys.But at Durong Dawring and Huxleys time,no humans fossils were found so they couldn't prove their theories 

-But in 1925 Raymond Dart found the first hominid fossils in South Africa

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

How did historians learn about the past?

Historians gathered a lot of sources,than they categorize it:written(documents,newspapers,letters, diaries..) or non-written(fossils, artifacts, tums,monuments...).By evaluating sources they asked questions and time of origin:
Questening a source(the questions asked were):
What kind of source is it?
When was it written?
Why was it written?
Who did it write it?
Where/when was it found?
Time of origin(when was it created):
Primary
Secondery

After that they interpreted sources.After all of that was done and thy were sure that everything they found is correct hey shered their findings.

Where and Why did humans tend to sattle?

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It was harder to move in the past because the people didn’t have cars,Buses,airplanes,treins….Some people that moved to some place they stayded there forever,some people just for a while.People choese the place they want to live by climate and the surroundings. People have seen it impossible to live individually and have joined together in groups to help them survive. People consume natural resources, kill all the animals and picking the fruit wherever they settled ... so they always went to new places.At some point they would stop moving and that point was when they found a place where they tough they could live there.

I chose the first picture because it reflect how similar people from the past and now are.

The second one i chose because people still do look at the past because its important.

From around the world

I did my project about Novi Sad and New York.I chose to write about Novi Sad because it is the place where i was born and where i lived for 10 years,but than i had to move to Belgrade!Novi Sas was,is and always will be something really important for me.I left my friends,that i knew since i was born, my old school,a big part of my family and it wasn't easy coming here where i didn't know anyone...But you move on!
And New York was the second thing i chose because i would like to visit it or maybe live there some day.And it looks really cool :)

New blog

Hey,this is my new humanities blog! :)