ANDREW KRAUSS “HUMAN REVOLUTION” 1. When anthropologists discovered “Lucy” in 1974‚ they considered her the oldest hominid of age 3.6 million years ago. How has the discovery of old hominid-like remains affected the “line” of evolutionary descent? They have declared sahelanthropus to be on the line this led to gorillas‚ not humans. Explain why a newer model of human ancestry is emerging. Different species are reproducing together. 2. What problem do paleontologists have with cataloguing
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3. Describe a time when you took a great risk. What was the outcome? The heat baffled me when I left the plane in Jeddah airport after a 10 hours’ travel. I met the company driver to embark in drive in a desert area‚ punctuated by a few police check points along the trip. We reached our destination after an hour and a half‚ and once passing the armed guards looking for potential bombs under the car‚ we finally reached the base camp where I was going to spend the next months. Completely out of my
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“We Take Nothing By Conquest‚ Thank God‚” is a chapter in Howard Zinn’s‚ History of the People. Zinn makes the point that the Mexican-American War was agitated by President Polk‚ and that the newspapers of the time falsely represented people’s opinions of the war even though it was very unpopular among U.S citizens‚ and the army itself. In the night of his inauguration President Polk confided in his Secretary of the Navy that one of his main objectives was to acquire California. Then Polk incited
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Should citizens have the right to refuse to serve in the armed forces? The first military draft began in the year 1940. This occurred when president Roosevelt signed the selective training and service act. There were a total of 10 million men ’’selected’’. 10 million men who were chosen. These men had to go‚ they weren’t there intentionally. I believe that citizens should have to right to refuse to serve in the armed forces because it can be very dangerous‚ traumatic‚ and against religious beliefs
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Should you take risks for the person you love? Some can argue that you shouldn’t take risks for the ones you love. It really depends on if the the one you love will take the same risk for you. You should not be the only one taking risks. If you love someone and will do anything for that person your love for that person must be very strong‚ but sometimes you can be deeply in love with a person and they don’t feel the same as you do. You should remove yourself from that situation‚ it may not be easy
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Reading Questions for Howard Zinn’s Chapter 8 “We Take Nothing by Conquest‚ Thank God” A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to the Present. Prompt/Question: Given your exposure to Zinn and your knowledge of the conquest of Mexico’s northern territories during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848‚ analyze the events that led to the war‚ the war itself‚ and the negotiation of peace resulting in the loss of territory by one as the gain for the other‚ and then evaluate to what extent
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The documentary film “The Take” or “La Toma” shows Argentina in the midst and the aftermath of an economic collapse as unemployment skyrockets and almost half the country plummets below the poverty level. In the beginning of the documentary‚ shows an emerging economy transitioning into first world status comparing it to Australia or Canada where Argentina was considered the most prosperous middle-class in Latin America. However‚ the country took a turn for the worst under the presidential reign of
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With the Indians of the east subdued‚ the nation turned its attention to the Mexican holdings of Texas‚ California‚ New Mexico‚ Colorado and other areas that would form the eventual U.S. Southwest. Texas had achieved independence from Mexico in 1836 after the Alamo incident. In 1845‚ the U.S. annexed Texas and then president James Polk moved troops to the Rio Grande to provoke an incident with with Mexico. U.S. forces were then commanded to forcibly expel Mexicans from the Texas side of the border
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In the article “Willingness to Take risks” Harold T. Shapiro discusses key components of successful initiatives‚ American Society‚ humanity and risks. Thomas Edison is a great example that was mentioned and how he completed 10‚000 experiments and not one of them worked. Everyone faces failures‚ this article states ways to overcome failure. A question that come up while reading this was why is it the world calls it failure when we don’t automatically become successful? Personally I believe that
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Samantha Walsh English 101 Ms. Clement 18 February 2013 Failure Nobody ever wants to fail. When people think of “failure”‚ it usually is negative. Failure is commonly viewed as disappointment or not reaching desired goals. More often than not‚ it is associated with losing. After we experience failure‚ it is our choice how to internalize the experience. I believe that after failure‚ most people choose to stop taking big risks and stop from daring to dream big and instead let the failing experience
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