The Man Of The Moment

To discover Mungo Mans exact time of existence scientists took DNA from his bones and the results showed that his remains were over 40 thousand years old. The research also shows that Mungo Man would have been approximately 50 years old when he died. The research also shows that Mungo Man had arthritis throughout his body especially in his right elbow. I believe that Mungo Man’s death was very important to the tribe he was living in because he was found with ochre on him which shows importance. I believe his death was also important because he was buried by his tribe with his arms crossed and painted with ochre. I believe he may have been one of the most respected members of the tribe and based on evidence this is one of the earliest known burials discovered which also shows the high respect and importance of Mungo

In my quest to study the life of the ancient California inhabitants, I visited the San Diego Museum of Man which is an anthropological museum situated in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. The museum was established in the year 1915 as a result of the Panama-California Exposition where several exhibits were displayed with ‘The Story of Man through Ages’ being the first. At the culmination of the exposition, San Diego Museum Association sought to retain the available collection and start a permanent museum. As a result, the collection was named Museum of Man in

In story there are three main characters. Tariq is a young Muslim gentleman who dreams of going to Oxford so that he can receive a Western education like many other recent leaders of India. His family is preparing to move into Pakistan when the country splits for India. If he moves with them, he will most likely not be able to ever go to Oxford, just like his late daadaa (grandfather) wanted him to do. Tariq has been recommended by his teacher to assist an English cartographer by the name of Mr. Darnsley. Mr. Darnsley has been sent by the British government to help draw the borders between India and Pakistan.

These philosophical ways of being and abiding by are supported by the Dreamtime. The Dreamtime can be explained as ‘how the world came to be’ for Australia’s First People, centered around ‘how people must conduct their behavior and social relations’ (Broome, 2002, p. 19). There are estimated to be 600 different Indigenous countries that exist amongst the Australian continent, all with different ways of ‘doing’ (Edwards, 1998). The Dreaming is an important way of passing on knowledge, cultural values and belief systems from generation to generation (Australian Government, 2015). The deep connection that Aboriginal people have to their land is also an important concept relation to the concept of The Dreaming. The land is where the events of the dreaming occurred, with the spirit beings of The Dreaming, forming sacred parts of the Australian landscape (Edwards, 1998, p. 81). This spiritual way of being is also linked to elaborate laws of kinship (Phillips, 2005).

Since the discovery of the first bog body known as Amcotts Moor Woman who was discovered in 1747 in England, bog bodies have been a main source of what is considered vital information for restructuring our past. They have allowed humans to explore the past and our heritage and have helped them to acquire a further understanding of how we, as a human race, have developed. A great example of the knowledge that bog bodies have provided us is Tollund Man. Tollund Man who was found in Denmark is one of the most famous examples of bog bodies, he has helped us to extend the small snapshots we have of the past. Bog bodies as a collective are also revealing information about the individual bodies themselves and the lifestyles they led. This primary evidence aids our modern understanding of our historical past.

In Patrick Tierney’s article “The Fierce Anthropologist,” he discussed the faults that are, or may be, present in Napoleon Chagnon’s anthropological research of the Yanamamo, or “The Fierce People,” as Chagnon has referred to them in his best-selling book on the people.

Nobody could have known that on September 20th, 1878 in Baltimore, a man who would eventually revolutionize the media and bring the term muckraking to the forefront of cultural perception would be born. At the time, America was still

The dreamtime is when the Indigenous Australians thought the world begun created by the rainbow serpent.

My life changed dramatically when my son was ten months old. My husband and I decided to tell my mother in law that she cannot be a part of our lives. We had every reason to tell her because my mother in law did not come to see our son and she favored her other two grandchildren. She made promises to us that she will come to our baby shower, his birth, and to come visit more often which never happened. We were tired of getting our hopes up. we did not want our son to go through the same heart ache. Two years went past and I received news that she was going to be in town for a family function. She said she wanted to see us. I could feel in my chest, my heart pumping. Deep down my husband and I both wanted to talk to her again. This was our chance. A week before the family reunion my husband and I were nervous and wondered if that was the right thing to do for our son. We went through the week thinking of the worst thing that can happen. Finally, the day before the reunion our nerves have settled and we started to think positive. I thought to myself it will be good because our son will have his grandma and he can build his own opinion of her.

Upton Sinclair was a famous writer who gained the title of being a “muckraker,” a term that Theodore Roosevelt created to refer to a journalist who was dedicated to divulging the evils of industrialization. Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, got a lot of people thinking about the meat processing industry and how sanitary

It was a night resembling every other preceding it, though within it was a pivotal moment directing me on a path to a world of medicine. As the rays of light began to recede and the sounds of the crickets chirping resonated louder with each passing minute, there I sat upon the curb watching my younger family members race back and forth across the gravel in pursuit of earning their team a goal. The parents stood idly by conversing with one another, failing to notice when a particular young boy tripped on one knee with great force. Slowly he stood as the other players on the field continued playing without a glance towards their injured teammate. Turning in the opposite direction he walked to a secluded area, slumped down, and bowed his head while cupping his knee. Approaching him, I noticed there was the faint sound of sniffling. Bending down I asked if he was hurt and at last he raised his head, still holding on to his knee. Putting on a brave face he responded with a resolute no.

Good morning everyone. I am extremely privileged today to be permitted the opportunity to address the Archaeological Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage concerning the time capsule discovered and the significance of the articles to our culture. The paraphernalia contained within the time capsule included the play ‘Summer of the Seventeenth Doll’, by Ray Lawler, which can be used to demonstrate aspects of the Australian identity which are unique to this country and are ultimately timeless. The play follows the lives of various Australian figures, including Northern Queensland cane cutters and Carlton barmaids, during the lay-off season as well as the many aspects of conflict that occur. The Australian identity presented by this play is reinforced through a second article found within the time capsule, a review of the play, ‘A Clear-eyed Revival for the 21st century’, written by John McCallum. The play has ‘new things to say to each generation’ about the Australian character and it’s because of this reason that the play resonated with audiences then and now. Through these artefacts, three primary aspects of the Australian identity have been developed; masculinity, mateship, and Australian colloquialism. These characteristics form the basis of the Australian identity, demonstrating its immutability and exhibiting the rituals and values for which Australia is known for.

Mungo Lady is the first know human cremation in human history. Archaeologists have found evidence that leads them to believe that there were human inhabitants that populated the Lake Mungo area that dated back to fifty thousand years ago. The proof that these inhabitants lived here was that they found out-dated stone tools that were a lot older than that of the Mungo

Human history is marked by discovery and change, either challenging, or affirming our perceptions, confronting and changing our views as new light is shed on our perceptions of the world. Bryson’s ‘A short history of nearly everything’, Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ and Graeme Manson’s ‘Orphan Black’ all accept the potentially destructive implications of scientific or subjective discovery in process and result. As such, it affirms their transformative possibilities of discovery and gently oppose us if we are willing to lay aside our assumptions or our entrenched world views.

Many people influenced and events my reading and writing development throughout my childhood from my mother, my elementary librarian, and Sesame Street, to getting my first pair of glasses. We all have defining moments in our lives where we can look back and say, “That moment changed my life.” This is the story of the defining moment that changed the way I read and write, and I learned it from a whale!