seem to fit in the general scheme of human evolution‚ and yet they’re misfits. (Jurmain‚ Kilgore‚ Trevathan and Ciochon. p.367) In a way they are like us the modern Homo sapiens but yet are a very different species. But the real question that needs to be answered is “why the Neanderthals were considered a different species than the Homo sapiens and what made them go extinct?” The first Neanderthal remains were discovered in the year of 1856 in Germany. This discovery of a skullcap and partial skeleton
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Homo sapien neanderthalensis is estimated to have lived between 130‚000 and 28‚000 years ago. The first remains were found in a German valley in 1856. This valley is called Neander Valley—the German word for valley is Tal—giving the species the name Neanderthalensis‚ most commonly known as Neanderthal. Neanderthal remains were discovered at the La Ferrassie cave located in Dordogne‚ France. Multiple excavations of the site have occurred between 1909 and present time‚ all of which have contributed
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Socrates is widely recognized as an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founding fathers of Western philosophy. Despite the fact that there is no real credited work to contribute to Socrates‚ he will always be renowned for being an enigmatic figure made famous through the works of Plato and other ancient Greek philosophers. The spirit of Socrates was always that of an inquisitive‚ curious‚ yet enlightened thinker and that is the attitude he portrayed in Plato’s Euthyphro and The Apology.
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Boosting Wisdom: Distance From the Self Enhances Wise Reasoning‚ Attitudes‚ and Behavior When it comes to personal situations people often tend to not make the wisest decisions. Researchers in this experiment examine how humans increase their wisdom by simply developing a psychologically distanced perspective. In this experiment researchers investigate how to make people not so self-centered so they can learn to take the bigger picture into account. The researchers proposed that the easiest
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“Home Floresiensis - The Hobbit” Homo floresiensis (“Man of Flores”) is the name for a possible new species in the genus Homo‚ remarkable for its small body‚ small brain‚ and survival until relatively recent times (www.en.wikipedia.org). Anthropologists Peter Brown of University of New England in South Wales‚ Australia‚ Michael Morwood and their colleagues have argued that a variety of features‚ both primitive and derived‚ identified LB1 (the first skeleton found in cave of Liang Bua) is
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Andrew Godawa Outline: Homo erectus 1. Introduction/General Information a. A Dutch anatomist named Eugene Dubois is responsible for the discovery of Homo erectus. b. Fossils and remains were found in 1891 on the island of Java. c. Homo erectus is an extinct hominid that lived between 1.6 million and 250‚000 years ago. d. Homo erectus is thought to have evolved in Africa from another human ancestor known as Homo habilis--which happens to be the first member
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Though knowledge and wisdom may seem alike‚ they are really very different. They actually only have two things in common - they both involve the mind and both are hard to acquire. Someone who has knowledge would know that a tomato is a fruit‚ but someone who had wisdom would know not to put them in a fruit salad. Anyone can obtain knowledge about anything‚ but only some can use that knowledge and apply it in the best way.Knowledge’ is information of which someone is aware. Knowledge is also used
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MS (Psychotherapy & Counselling); PhD Scholar (IIT Bombay) Associate Professor H. K. Institute of Management Studies & Research‚ Mumbai © 2014. Prof Roy‚ H.K. Institute of Management Studies & Research‚ Mumbai. All Rights Reserved. THE WISDOM OF CROWDS by JAMES SUROWIECKI ISBN: 978-0-385-72170-7 306 PP | Soft Cover US $ 14.95 2005 Watching the popular game show‚ Kaun Banegaa Crorepati (KBC) hosted by Big B on Sony Entertainment Television‚ I always wondered….. whenever‚ the contestant
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Reflecting Wisdom 1 Reflecting Wisdom Janise McWilliams Psych/220 02/09/2014 COLLEEN MOORE The person I am choosing to write about would be my step father. I chose him because he is very Wise and very physiological
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years of exasperation and frustration of being denied equal rights and finally liberated in the 21st century‚ advertising firms began to aware the importance of the emergence of this new market. Abercrombie and Fitch decided to implement the theme of homo-eroticism for their campaigns. Instead of having scantily dressed women‚ men with well-defined rectus abdominis muscles are employed to extend its market to the homosexuals. It definitely turns heads from the general public as such publicity stunt
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