Blog Post. Who were Hobbits?

Q: Who were the hobbits?

11/23/10

By radiocarbon dating in lab scientists analyzed that this specie is a modern specie named Homo Floresiensis or nicknamed "Hobbits". In 2003, paleontologists discovered a tiny population in a cave called Liang Bua located in the island of Flores, Indonesia. Once these skulls were radiocarbon-dated scientists found that the skulls resemble something dead million years ago however these modern humans were much intelligent. Archaeologists ask "Why are these species intelligent", back then education hardly existed. They probably became smarter when generations changed. These species lived at a time of 38,000-18,000 however some say they lived as recently as 12,000 years ago. Hobbits were tiny species because they dwell in an island without limited resources. Island dwarfing was a well known evolutionary process whereby species living on isolated islands became smaller over time due to limited resources.
Although they were small we could comment that intelligence led to advanced civilization back then (ex. They had complex tools).

Blog Post: Development of Tools and Language

Nov. 21.2010

Q:
Why were tool-making and language important for the development of human culture?

Stone age/Prehistoric cultures are known today due to excavations and left resources from the past. Languages and tool-making were one of the main cultures in the past history of communicating lives. By hominids learning languages, early hominids could have created written/non written resources and develop their civilization.
Tool-making and Language usages were the principals of their lives. Most of the languages and tool-making started during Stone Henge times/periods and prehistoric times. Majorities of languages, tool making process are preserved and used today. Languages were useable in different ways such as word endings and to show the meaning of many things but mostly to communicate when hunting or talking etc. Grammar language made early hominids possible to express complicated thoughts, even gestures were early literature of hominids. Basically by using simple or either complex literatures early hominids could develop the written sources. On the other hand, tool-making works were cultures left behind for many centuries. Tool-making process required many steps and it covered so many materials. One of the complex tradition "Acheuilan" tool making process was used by H. Erectus 1.5 mya. H.Erectus invented a high quality artifact past then called easy tool hand ax for hunting. The tool making process would've required a lot of time and definitely communication which means by then communication was developed. Just tool making is one of the non written resources preserve for many years. So overall, language literature and tool making were one of the huge impacts on early hominids lives since these were the stages of hasty development.

Blog Journal: Bipedal?

Question of Today:
Why did early humans begin to walk on two feet?


Prehistoric humans had began walking bipedal since walking upright would require less energy than getting around on four feet. When I read a article on "Science Daily Web", anthropologists determined information about chimpanzees. They trained chimpanzees to use/run on treadmills; after a certain amount a time, they found that the ape ancestors would've walked upright because it requires less energy than four legs (2 legs, 2 arms). Besides requiring less energy, walking upright took less time than walking on 4 feet. The theories of humans walking on two feet can be vary but the closest answer that I can see is its an adaptation to their nature (ex. reaching an apple above them would be easier if we used hands and stood bipedal instead of crawling). Another major reason why prehistoric humans walked upright was attraction and hunting. When hunting, early hominids had to run in-ordered to chase the wild animals. Female hominds had to gather nutrition in baskets so it would've been easier for them to hold instead of putting the basket on their back. On the other hand, walking on two feet was an advantage and a development to our civilization. By walking upright, early hominids could had cross over exceedingly hot savanna. Million years ago, the height of grass was even taller than the hominids standing. When walking through the Savanna, early hominids had to communicate which bipedalism was an importanceSo this explains how humans walked on two feet but as I mentioned on the stop, answers of vary. In conclusion, this summarizes that walking upright was a tradition which prehistoric human adapted.

Science Daily Web:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070720111226.htm

Blog journal: Usage of Fire

Blog Journal

Nov. 12th 2010

Question:
How does the use of fire demonstrate prehistoric people's ability to adapt to their environment?


Prehistoric people were the first inventors of fire. Creating fire influenced the entire lives of prehistoric humans. Fire provided many functions to prehistoric people. When prehistoric humans created fire it was perhaps an accidence. Although prehistoric humans didn't plan to create fire they probably knew what they were doing. Fire offered safety for tribes to avoid predators attacking against them and fire also beheaded foods. (Killed Bacteria & Toxins.) Inventing fire was a huge impact to early prehistoric human since by utilizing fire it could control pests and mosquitoes. Fire provided warmth for prehistoric humans to communicate and easily adapt to their environment. It provided light for early humans to hunt or chit-chat face to face. By discovering evidences, archaeologists found that the first humans to use fire were by Homo Erectus and centuries later Neanderthals created fire with stones. By linking fire to other resources we know that Homo Erectus were the first ones to create fire which gave them to adapt to their environment hasty. Fire showed prehistoric humans to observe natural phenomenon to their environment.