J.H Human Geography 1101

Becoming Human Response

For many year there has been a worldwide controversy on the actual facts of evolution. Were we derived from ape? Did Neanderthal play an essential part if any in the culture that we have today? These are just some of the questions anthropologist and scientist have been trying to answer for ages. There are some disputable theories and some indisputable theories; you must come to a conclusion of your own. So we must take an in-depth look at the “Becoming Human” interactive documentary to arrive at our own theory and conclusion. In the beginning the documentary they takes us to Hardar, Ethiopia where the bones of the world renowned “Lucy” was discovered. With this discovery I believe this was the beginning of many more actually believing in these evolution theories. This discovery was the first to provide concrete facts that there were human like that species have walked the earth before us. Before Lucy there wasn’t one solid object or set of fossils that future findings to could be compared too. With that missing there would be a lack evidence, phases, and knowledge within the evolution theory. There are many scientists that make ape comparisons, being that they are genetically the closest species to humans. We very rarely talk about the probability cross mating, when I say cross mating I mean mating with another species in order to get these different aspects of the body. Mating with another species could have created a different genetics sequence and combined the traits. There has to a reason this change from a crouching like position to the up right standing position. The bodies could mean that have also adapted to the climate and environment over time. For instance, in Lucy’s situation where she lived there were an enormous amount of trees and she was short with long arms and