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    Bedtime Story Analysis

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    In “Bedtime Story” by George MacBeth‚ he demonstrates the dumb violence of humans. Our primal‚ mindless habits to hurt lead to the destruction of ourselves and other species. Many times‚ when humans hate or fear an animal for hurting them‚ it only acted in self-defense‚ but people look for excuses to take out their anger from everyday stresses on other living things. MacBeth demonstrates the idiotic and primal nature of our violence by using a tribal human character‚ and shows our needless violence

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    Romanov Family Case Study

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    In 1991‚ scientists were granted permission to search for the missing bodies of the Romanov family‚ hoping to finally solve where their bodies mysteriously vanished to. Nine skeletons were found in a compiled burial site. Scientists identified age by looking at wisdom teeth and vertebrae‚ and gender by investigating pelvic bones. Once the bones were agreed to fit the Romanov family case‚ further DNA testing was conducted to determine the identities of who laid in this grave. By using mitochondrial

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    Neanderthal‚ possessed with a primitive trait to have it all‚ 
Greed led him to hunt for the Earth’s soil‚ 
Foiled other’s rights and used them for his own toil‚ 
Filled the sky with projectiles for the planet’s oil‚ 
Tore open the gift of nature‚ and claimed to be ‘royal’‚
Then criticized if one fails to conform to the common hoyle‚ 
Loyal to work that is considered vile‚ 
To buy things that are obsolete‚ and not worthwhile‚ 
In the wilderness of the supermarket aisles‚ 
Where sales are stalked

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    constant is the willingness to set aside differences to work for a greater future. But we sadly have devolved to a primitive social state in which a lot individuals resolve simple differences‚ such as political opinion‚ with violence. Similar to how Neanderthals resolved differences. Consequently resulting in why we live in a America so divided today. People have learned that the only way to express yourself is to suppress another person’s voice even if it means causing physical harm. However‚ hope remains

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    issue of the status of Neanderthal man has been hotly contested in the anthropology world. It is the matter of whether Homo Sapiens are the decedents of Neanderthals or whether they are cousins with a common ancestor. If Neanderthals are considered to be a proper descendent to Homo Sapiens‚ then they can be rightfully classified as Homo Sapiens Neanderthal. If they are truly a separate species‚ then they should be classified as Homo Neanderthal. The theory that Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens are cousins

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    Some of these changes include the amount of people they are exposed to and the types of foods that they eat. A prime example of human based niche construction is dietary change‚ which has changed drastically in the last 40‚000 years‚ a time when Neanderthals roamed the Earth. Directly related to dietary change

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        Multi-Regionalists tend to argue in favor of the Neanderthal’s capability to use language. A major genetic piece of evidence that they call upon to support their assertion is the existence of the FoxP2‚ “language”‚ gene which is prevalent in Neanderthals. Although this gene does contribute greatly to the human comprehension of language it is not significant enough to hold up speech capabilities on its own. “...FoxP2 is not unique to humans. Quite the opposite‚ versions of this gene are found in

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    role is one reason they were able to overcome the severe environment. Neanderthal and Homo sapiens were the two species of the Homo genus that lived during the ice age. Even though they had similar life styles‚ Neanderthals extinct‚ and Homo sapiens were able to live on and became the direct ancestor of modern human. Anthropologists state that this difference come from the difference of women’s role in society. In Neanderthal society‚ there was almost no division of labor between men and women. Therefore

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    Neanderthals have long thought to be lesser than modern humans in many ways‚ such as intelligence‚ wit‚ appearance‚ and ways of life; however‚ this is not entirely the case. The first Neanderthal discovered was in the Neander Valley of Germany‚ where part of a skull and limb bones were present (“Neanderthals | Evolution | Earth Facts‚” n.d.). Although this is not the oldest Neanderthal skeleton ever found‚ it was the first and it led to the discovery and understanding of a whole new species. This

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    Why history is important

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    creatures are becoming extinct and glaciers are melting sea levels are going up but yet this is not the first time the earth has faced such changes believe it or not. Neanderthals were the first Europeans on the continent. They occupied the continent about 300‚000 to 400‚000 years ago then perished 28‚000 years ago. The Neanderthals had the bodies they could handle the bitter cold a lot better than we can they could. Their bodies adapted and coped with the ice age which affected Europe for most of

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