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    When BoB Marley popularized the term “Rainbow country” in his song. Did you know what country he was talking about or what comes to you mind when you hear words like, Lion, known for its coffee, defeat colonialist designs, home to ancient forms of hominids, blue Nile, or when you hear symbol of African interdependence. The chances of American students learning about this country in depth is very small. Well I’m here to tell you all about this country. This country is Ethiopia. When we think of ancient

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    Madison Wenig Mr. Kellerman Honors Biology 2 19 May 2017 Evolution There always has been a controversy whether evolution really did happen or not. Many evolutionists, philosophers and biologists have presented sufficient evidence that evolution is true. Yet there is still debate about this contentious topic. With the facts and findings of fossil records of earlier species, ideas of initial theorists, and our own genetics and DNA, evolution can be hard to prove wrong. Evolution is not just a change

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    INTRODUCTION There are several competing theories for the origins of human evolution. The multiregional hypothesis and the recent single-origin hypothesis (also known as the ‘Out of Africa’ model), are two of the most dominant. Each hypothesis shows a different origin which has been deduced from evidence found in fossil records, DNA sequences and archaeological sites. Ref 2,11,12,16 plus general uni book about human evolution( u find a title) OUTINE OF MULTIREGIONAL HYPOTHESIS The multiregional

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    This country resides at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, in the Caucasus between the Black and Caspian Seas, which has always influenced the culture. “ According to archaeological excavations in the territory of Georgia there are the first hominids in Europe 1.8 million years ago. It is believed that they were the first Europeans, and that Georgia is a country where they have spread to other parts of Europe.” 1 Georgia became home to the first Europeans settlers,and it didn’t take long before

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    The Ancient River Valley’s included four main Civilizations; Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, and the Yellow River. One of the main land was Mesopotamia that is also called “the land between the rivers” as it divided the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. The other lands did not have as big of rivers as Mesopotamia but still had another mainland named Yellow River in China. These lands, because they grew around water, served a high purpose to attract people to fish, gather wood, and to hunt for nearby

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    Lucy The discovery of Lucy is our oldest and most complete human ancestor. She is less than 3.8 million years old hominid of Australopithecus afarensis, which was discovered in November 24, 1974 by Donald C. Johanson and Tom Gray in the Hadar region of Ethiopia. They named her Lucy in reference to the well-known Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", which played over and over as they celebrated their findings. This uncovering of Lucy was very fascinating and answered many questions to

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    Biological Anthropology Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is the study of human evolution defined by Anthropology Professor Dr. Craig Palmer at the University of Missouri. Evolution is the changed caused by natural selection. The effect of the inheritable elements on their own frequency in succeeding generations. (Inheritable elements replaced the words generations). The variation within species and reproductive success are the basis of natural selection. Natural selection

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    Archaeology can be defined as the study of past cultures through their material remains. While we have records and histories from recent civilizations, archaeology is integral to our understanding of ancient culture and civilization which came before written history, or whose recorded history has been destroyed or lost. The most important thing that the field of archaeology can provide is a glimpse into the time before recorded history, the development of humanity, its culture, and how we came to

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    The prehistoric men painted in caves than 10 000 40 000 BC. AD The colors used were: black, red and ocher (yellow-orange). They painted scenes of life, animals ... by using their hands to their mouths. Prehistory begins with the appearance of hominids there are about 2.6 million years ago in East Africa. It is divided into major periods that correspond to the major stages in the evolution of men. The Paleolithic includes the development of tools, development of graves and first artistic manifestations

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    Human Antiquity: Did Mainstream Science Get It Wrong? Modern anthropologists and paleontologists are in relative agreement regarding the timeline of modern humans, Homo sapiens, and how long they have been in existence. According to mainstream science, popular belief holds that the history of our species is confirmed to be confined to the past 12,000 years. This figure is a culmination based on what we know about evolution and what we have been able to gather through fossil analyzation and dating

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