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    The highly controversial topic about whether organisms share common descent if they have a common ancestor or they arise independently still remains to this day. Both Scott Gilbert and Charles Darwin write pieces in effort to express the idea that organisms share a common ancestor. However, both do so in a unique way. Gilbert tries to express his proposition by writing a parable about a native from South America being brought to England to learn a new religion and spread it to his homeland. In doing

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    day quietly. In the wind she can smell the scent of her ancestors made from crushed pale blue leaves of the mountain. The smell is coming from up the mountain side from which her ancestors descended from, where the mountain lion laid down and ate their deer. It is better to be where she once came from, where her ancestors came from, up on that mountain watching nature. The elderly that remember it once are all gone, the old songs of ancestors are forgotten, and the story where it all began died with

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    are inherited from our ancestors because humans are the only species on earth who are born with the capability of worshipping super or unknown power. Either from most isolated tribes or from the modern society, the finest buildings are always worshiping places. Because our ancestors’ lives are mysterious to us, we worship our ancestors. This occurs in ancient cultures all over the world, and also in modern times. It plays an important role in primitive religions. Ancestor worship is rooted in the

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    that aggressive now because they don’t eat meat just insects. Their skin has changed, before it was strong and uncomfortable to bite on, now their skin is not that hard but their skin can change colors otherwise known as camuflash. Man before their ancestors were so big but now they’re pretty small but like i said before their became smaller to be avoided by other predators and just relax. Their instincts of being wild and killing anything to being peaceful and just eat enough to stay in shape but not

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    C.A.R.T Essay “A Secret Lost in the Water”is a short story by Roch Carrier. It is a story about how young Millennials are forgetting their traditional way of life and are moving into the modern era . The story takes place in a small Village where everyone knows one another. “A Secret Lost in the Water” is a story about a father tries to teach his son an important skill of how to find water with an elder branch, but the son does not value it and loses the skill. The main theme in “A Secret Lost in

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    change, they want to focus on the present. In Mary Oliver’s free verse poem, The Black Walnut Tree, the daughter discusses the argument with her mother regarding the selling of their Black Walnut Tree, commenting on it’s personal history with her ancestors. In the poem, Oliver contrasts the daughter’s disagreeing perception of the mother’s consumeristic urges to sell their tree with her need to preserve it and its memories through the use of dark, gloomy word choice and varying concepts of time, illustrating

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    SONG OF THE ANCESTORS The Song is considered the absolute law of the Yami with no room for gray areas or interpretation and their myths, unlike in western culture where the word myth is understood as false, are considered as the only real truths and never to be questioned. It holds all the taboos, rituals, and social reasoning of the Yami, and the history of the family reciting until present time. This genealogy component of the song is why each family has their own version of creation in the

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    Cult Of Ancestors

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    The cult of the ancestors is a common pious practice to several religions based on the belief that family members’ death members (ancestors) have a new existence. They are interested in the theme of the world and possess the skill of influencing the luck of the alive ones. All the cultures give a ritual meaning to the death of the family. The goal of the cult is to assure the well-being in the new existence of the ancestors, and its good disposition was making the alive ones and; sometimes, ask for

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    Human Ancestors

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    Human Ancestors, including the First apes, have a very small brain, but with the evolution of conduct, so did the human brain. The rapid development of human intelligence has been attributed to human-induced changes in the surrounding environment changes and the living environment. This led to the expansion of specific regions of the brain, greatly different human mature compared to our ancestors, genetic changes, which are just some of the changes have occurred in humans。 Over the past three million

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    Ancestor Biography

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    Ancestor Biography In all families there are multiply stories of people do incredible things. Some of these stories are stretched or sometimes made up. That though, does not distract from the fact that these stories are interesting. In my family the most interesting stories I found were from my dad. He has had a very interesting life so far. These are the stories that have made my dad him. The first story I learned about my dad was that when he was in his twenties he and four of his brothers signed

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