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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Reading p. 2-5
Now that you have posted your initial thoughts on early humans, read your classmates thoughts, and read the section in your text, tell us what you got right and wrong. Also tell us what new information surprised you about early humans.
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Mostly what I though was correct was false. The first humans were in fact hominids which were also called australopithecines They were the first to make tools, they used stones for material. Neanderthals, which is what I spoke of before, were the second group of humans. They did in fact create fire and hunted animals like I mentioned. So I was partly correct and partly false.
I do have some new found respect for the earlier people. They seemed to know instinct to gather food and hunt. They were also able to survive the harsh weather of the Ice Age, so they must have been pretty strong people. i don't think i was completely right especially me calling them savages, but they did hunt and gather and stuff.
Sarah Kelley- Period 4 My ideas that the first humans gathered and hunted their foods was correct. I was surprised, however, to learn that these people came to know which animals to hunt and which plants to eat through trial and error over time. I also did not know that their forms of shelter changed as climate did. Men and women did have specific roles, which I had predicited. Fire and tools helped them survive. Although much of what I believed was accurate, I did learn so much from the text!
Katelyn Connor- Period 4 My first thoughts on early humans focused on their lifestyle in the Paleolithic Age. While my view that they wore furs, hunted for food, and lived in caves was correct, I did not consider the stages of evolution the human form had taken prior to this time from early discoveries of human life in Africa. What surprised me was that the paintings made by the Paleolithic people included animals that they did not hunt, suggesting they made changes to their environment for either religious or decorative reasons, much like what humans have done throughout time. It caught my attention because of the creativity that these people had, making paint of different colors, and brushes. I guess expressing ourselves as artists has been part of our human nature for a long time.
i got most things right but i found out that there were several species before homo erectus. i knew that they made tools out of raw materials. i agree with what bryan said. i think its wrong to call them savage because they had to have a kind of order or they wouldnt have survived.
Reison Gomez- I didn't know that hominids were called Australopithecines. I also wasn't aware of Homo habilis,and Homo erectus. I learned that they were the same as hominids except a different group, a much more intelligent group. What also caught my attention was how Neanderthals buried their dead. I never knew or thought that they would do such thing millions of years ago. They most certainly had alot to do to survive in their time period.
I was supprised to learn that Neandrethals were notthe first humans. I knew about homo sapiens but I didn't know about homo sapiens sapiens, homo habilis, or hominids. I also did not realize how slowly early humans migrated. I knew their migration didn't happen overnight but i didn't think it was as slow as 2-3 miles per generation.
After reading th pages in the book, I discovered that i was mostly wrong about the early humans. I learned that there were different types of early humans.
My thoughts on the first humans were mostly wrong except for some of their survival instincts. I learned that the first humans lived in Africa and were called Australophithecines.They evolved and started moving out of Africa is what i found interesting and how they were able to create tools. The early humans were truly intelligent to find something out just by themselves
I learned many things, and some stuff that i thought i knew, was false. I also agree with Bryan, in thinking that i was wrong to consider them savages, and I learned that the first hominids, australopithecines, came from Africa, and that the Paleolithic Era, was actually the Early stone age, not the stone age in its entirety. Also, i Had not known that the Neanderthals had buried they're dead.
I basically got everything I said correct but I didn't elaborate enough of what they did to our future. As time passed every group got more and more advanced in their findings and their discoveries. I didn't put enough thought of what we would do without them. If they didn't exist, we wouldn't exist and our technologies would be less complex and less useful. Every one of the groups had a unique trait or used more complex tools.
Justin I was right mostly in the sense that they were humans that followed the food around. They never settled in one place. I did learn a lot though. I now know most of the names of early humans as they evolved. All in all I really enjoyed reading this section.
Most of my initial thoughts on prehistoric humans were true. However, i think that their way of life is alot more peaceful and intelligent than ours. Yes, we do have technology, but we have been using it to pollute the air, and create global warming. The human species "had a close relationship with the world around them". They not only hunted but consumed plants and used some of them to cure some diseases. Another aspect of their life was a sense of equality between both men and women. Why could cavemen be that smart to know that we are all equals, and it wansnt until the 1960s until we got the message?!?!! On a last note, i thought that the creatures of the Paleolithic Age could easily adapt to harsh surroundings and temperatures with their inventions and tools. However, in modern times, it is much harder for us to adapt to new problems that we face, because we are so used to doing things a certain way.
oh and i forgot...i knew that the creaures created fire and the spear, but i didnt know that they were so resoursful, that they learned about plants that have medicine. Also, i had no idea that the first humans came from Africa.
(I decided to cut out the /twynne because it looked to long) Tom Wynne My previous assumptions on the first people of the world sounded intelligent and full of knowledge and I was quite proud of it, but after reading the pages assigned to us I came to understand that my realization of whom these people were merely scraps the surface of what these beings were and how they lived. First off the first beings on the earth were not known as cave men but as hominids and were not foolish animals but sophisticated beings (in there time). These hominids first lived in Africa which I thought strange; because for some reason whenever I picture earlier beings I picture them to live in the United States…maybe it is because I live there…Anyway the only thing I seemed to get right was the invention of fire. Oh and I thought that the nomadic habits of the first humans was most interesting because it enhances the idea that they were creatures, leaving there homes tog after food and to survive.
Kelly Francisco Most of what I thought was wrong. It turns out the first "humans" were actually human like creatures. They also changed from time periods. I thought it was strange but clever that they actually knew how to survive.
Meg I think that my general idea was somewhat correct. I was correct in my assumption that the earliest humans(hominids) used what they had around them to survive. Even though I did think that the earliest humans were a very intelligent species, I was unaware of how smart and resourceful they truly were! Well, the text taught me a lot about the earliest humans.
David- Some of the things that I thought were correct and other false. I thought that the early humans lived in one place throughout their life, but they switched their shelters for the seasons. However, I was correct about them hunting animals throught spears and such, and about them making fire. So some of my predictions were right, and others false.
Most of what i thought i knew was incorrect. I didn;t know that there were so many species of hominids. Although i did know that they had the knowledge to be able to hunt for food.
John-I did know that there were different species of human, i did not know that they originally came from africa. I had always thought the first humans began near present day Iraq. I was right about early men making simple tools to make their lives easier.
After reading a in the textbook I realized that much of the stuff I knew was correct. I learned some new things on the early humans such as that there were many species of humans. I knew there were more than just one species but I did not know there was more than three or four. The cave paintings they left behind really interest me. Because it showed that they had free time and explained a little on their ways of communicating. I really do wonder how they knew how to paint though
23 comments:
Mostly what I though was correct was false.
The first humans were in fact hominids which were also called australopithecines
They were the first to make tools, they used stones for material.
Neanderthals, which is what I spoke of before, were the second group of humans.
They did in fact create fire and hunted animals like I mentioned.
So I was partly correct and partly false.
I do have some new found respect for the earlier people. They seemed to know instinct to gather food and hunt. They were also able to survive the harsh weather of the Ice Age, so they must have been pretty strong people. i don't think i was completely right especially me calling them savages, but they did hunt and gather and stuff.
Sarah Kelley- Period 4
My ideas that the first humans gathered and hunted their foods was correct. I was surprised, however, to learn that these people came to know which animals to hunt and which plants to eat through trial and error over time. I also did not know that their forms of shelter changed as climate did. Men and women did have specific roles, which I had predicited. Fire and tools helped them survive. Although much of what I believed was accurate, I did learn so much from the text!
Katelyn Connor- Period 4
My first thoughts on early humans focused on their lifestyle in the Paleolithic Age. While my view that they wore furs, hunted for food, and lived in caves was correct, I did not consider the stages of evolution the human form had taken prior to this time from early discoveries of human life in Africa. What surprised me was that the paintings made by the Paleolithic people included animals that they did not hunt, suggesting they made changes to their environment for either religious or decorative reasons, much like what humans have done throughout time. It caught my attention because of the creativity that these people had, making paint of different colors, and brushes. I guess expressing ourselves as artists has been part of our human nature for a long time.
i got most things right but i found out that there were several species before homo erectus. i knew that they made tools out of raw materials. i agree with what bryan said. i think its wrong to call them savage because they had to have a kind of order or they wouldnt have survived.
Reison Gomez-
I didn't know that hominids were called Australopithecines. I also wasn't aware of Homo habilis,and Homo erectus. I learned that they were the same as hominids except a different group, a much more intelligent group. What also caught my attention was how Neanderthals buried their dead. I never knew or thought that they would do such thing millions of years ago. They most certainly had alot to do to survive in their time period.
I was supprised to learn that Neandrethals were notthe first humans. I knew about homo sapiens but I didn't know about homo sapiens sapiens, homo habilis, or hominids. I also did not realize how slowly early humans migrated. I knew their migration didn't happen overnight but i didn't think it was as slow as 2-3 miles per generation.
After reading th pages in the book, I discovered that i was mostly wrong about the early humans. I learned that there were different types of early humans.
To add on, I learned that there were homo sapien sapiens (wise wise human), and i learned that there were homo erectus.
My thoughts on the first humans were mostly wrong except for some of their survival instincts. I learned that the first humans lived in Africa and were called Australophithecines.They evolved and started moving out of Africa is what i found interesting and how they were able to create tools. The early humans were truly intelligent to find something out just by themselves
I learned many things, and some stuff that i thought i knew, was false. I also agree with Bryan, in thinking that i was wrong to consider them savages, and I learned that the first hominids, australopithecines, came from Africa, and that the Paleolithic Era, was actually the Early stone age, not the stone age in its entirety. Also, i Had not known that the Neanderthals had buried they're dead.
I basically got everything I said correct but I didn't elaborate enough of what they did to our future. As time passed every group got more and more advanced in their findings and their discoveries. I didn't put enough thought of what we would do without them. If they didn't exist, we wouldn't exist and our technologies would be less complex and less useful. Every one of the groups had a unique trait or used more complex tools.
Justin
I was right mostly in the sense that they were humans that followed the food around. They never settled in one place. I did learn a lot though. I now know most of the names of early humans as they evolved. All in all I really enjoyed reading this section.
Most of my initial thoughts on prehistoric humans were true. However, i think that their way of life is alot more peaceful and intelligent than ours. Yes, we do have technology, but we have been using it to pollute the air, and create global warming. The human species "had a close relationship with the world around them". They not only hunted but consumed plants and used some of them to cure some diseases. Another aspect of their life was a sense of equality between both men and women. Why could cavemen be that smart to know that we are all equals, and it wansnt until the 1960s until we got the message?!?!! On a last note, i thought that the creatures of the Paleolithic Age could easily adapt to harsh surroundings and temperatures with their inventions and tools. However, in modern times, it is much harder for us to adapt to new problems that we face, because we are so used to doing things a certain way.
oh and i forgot...i knew that the creaures created fire and the spear, but i didnt know that they were so resoursful, that they learned about plants that have medicine. Also, i had no idea that the first humans came from Africa.
(I decided to cut out the /twynne because it looked to long)
Tom Wynne
My previous assumptions on the first people of the world sounded intelligent and full of knowledge and I was quite proud of it, but after reading the pages assigned to us I came to understand that my realization of whom these people were merely scraps the surface of what these beings were and how they lived. First off the first beings on the earth were not known as cave men but as hominids and were not foolish animals but sophisticated beings (in there time). These hominids first lived in Africa which I thought strange; because for some reason whenever I picture earlier beings I picture them to live in the United States…maybe it is because I live there…Anyway the only thing I seemed to get right was the invention of fire. Oh and I thought that the nomadic habits of the first humans was most interesting because it enhances the idea that they were creatures, leaving there homes tog after food and to survive.
Kelly Francisco
Most of what I thought was wrong. It turns out the first "humans" were actually human like creatures. They also changed from time periods. I thought it was strange but clever that they actually knew how to survive.
Meg
I think that my general idea was somewhat correct. I was correct in my assumption that the earliest humans(hominids) used what they had around them to survive. Even though I did think that the earliest humans were a very intelligent species, I was unaware of how smart and resourceful they truly were! Well, the text taught me a lot about the earliest humans.
David-
Some of the things that I thought were correct and other false. I thought that the early humans lived in one place throughout their life, but they switched their shelters for the seasons. However, I was correct about them hunting animals throught spears and such, and about them making fire. So some of my predictions were right, and others false.
Most of what i thought i knew was incorrect. I didn;t know that there were so many species of hominids. Although i did know that they had the knowledge to be able to hunt for food.
Also I didn't know of all the species of the early humans like hominids.
John-I did know that there were different species of human, i did not know that they originally came from africa. I had always thought the first humans began near present day Iraq. I was right about early men making simple tools to make their lives easier.
After reading a in the textbook I realized that much of the stuff I knew was correct. I learned some new things on the early humans such as that there were many species of humans. I knew there were more than just one species but I did not know there was more than three or four. The cave paintings they left behind really interest me. Because it showed that they had free time and explained a little on their ways of communicating. I really do wonder how they knew how to paint though
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