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=Human Evolution-From Nimrods to Einstein’s=

Howdy y’all! My name is flyfreak_247; I am one of the lucky students to be attending the [|Amigos School]. I am doing a WIKI on the process of Human Evolution. There is an impossibly large range of organisms from which humans could have come from. Some believe that we come from monkeys, or soil. Maybe even paper, napkins, staplers, tape; all I’m saying is that we have the right to know. So, I brought it upon myself to try and unravel this mystery. Where better to go then the best college in the whole world- Harvard. I trudged along by foot with the rest of my class all the way to [|Harvard Museum of Natural History], to see what we could find. We have the most incredible inventions in technology today, we have made amazing discoveries, there have been historic people who have helped revolutionize the world we have today- Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, people who have given scientific knowledge, and piece of mind to our world. So how on earth did we get from complete imbeciles, to the geniuses of modern-day earth itself? The second step in human evolution- Australopithecus didn’t go to school every day for 6 hours, and I’m almost positive he didn’t study really hard for his spelling tests. Believe it or not the massive accomplishment of brainpower from each step of man to the next was based on the improvement of tools. Tools helped revolutionize man itself. It went as a cycle; tools would give man a better way to hunt animals for food, fur and other prosperities, which in turn would give them more energy to go and make new discoveries, and more free time. This means that the more comprehension of the outside world would give them more knowledge of how to make better tools, which would then, restart the cycle. If you go to my Chart of Human Evolution, you will see the growing intelligence of Man, under the Brain Column. Or see my Web of traits for the different steps in evolution. Many people say that we humans (Homo Sapiens Sapiens) have come from ape and/or chimps. And yes it is true, the human species are very similar to the ape family, we even have about 98.6% of the same DNA as a chimpanzee, but we are not close enough to have come directly from them. About 6 million years ago (6MYA), there was a common ancestor that began to go through some changes that started the whole human evolution process. Not even scientists know the common ancestor that began the whole cycle, so if a scientist doesn’t know, then don’t think I’m going to have a very good clue. If you don’t have the slightest idea what I was talking about when I referred to Australopithecus in the first paragraph, it was the second step in human evolution. First the common ancestor, then through the years turned to Australopithecus, then Homo habilis , then Homo erectus , then Homo Heidelbergenisis (Neanderthal), then we came along as Homo Sapiens Sapiens. How did this happen? That is a pretty common question when dealing with this complex subject. Obviously we didn’t turn into the geniuses of today in a week by keeping clean, going to school, and eating three meals a day. Over time, genes from parent to child would change and improve based on the events that are happening to them in the present. For instance, if you are forced to live your whole life in an ocean, you aren’t going to grow webbed feet in a few hours, over time (millions and millions of years), your genes from child to child would changed based on the fact that you are in a place where you need webbed feet, your body would adapt to your surroundings, so that in some few million years, your feet would grow longer, and more web-like. The same thing goes for human evolution. Your genes will improve to be smarter as tools get better, you will get taller because your spine will straighten up, your jaw and teeth will get smaller based on the fact that you eat less meat, so it will weaken your jaw, and so on. I don’t know how much have actually helped you, but I learned quite a bit about this whole subject. No matter how you flip it, I’m just so glad I am human now, rather than a drooling imbecile- no offense Lucy (the first ever remains of an Australopithecus). This may have been a tough task to overcome, but at least I made it out alive. I was fully equipped with an abundant amount of pencils, my quick wits, and a whole lot of brainpower. I hoped you learned as much as possible from my WIKI. I know that I will be returning to the Harvard Museum of Natural History very soon, hungry for more. If you didn't find Human Evolution to be a fun and entertaining subject Click here for something that may change your mind.