What the Knowledge of Our Evolution Brings
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Reaction to the articles “The Dawn of Humans: The First Step” and “The Dawn of Humans: Expanding Worlds” by Rick Gore and “How Man Began” by Michael Lemonick.
What the Knowledge of Our Evolution Brings
Science is a powerful way of understanding the natural world through a process of observation, experimentation, and analysis. It provides society with a reliable foundation for individual and collective decision making. Evolution by natural selection is one of the most studied and tested theories in science and is the central organizing principle of biology. However, theory is one of the most important—yet most misunderstood—terms. While theory is commonly used to mean a "hunch" or "opinion," in science, a theory is an extremely strong statement that provides an explanation of a natural phenomenon based on a wealth of well-documented evidence.
Much theory has been made about man’s evolution. The three articles I have read outlined some of these theories, depicted the many discoveries of scientists about how man began, and how they evolved through the years. Though it is not the first time I came crossed this type of article, I have appreciated how well the three articles described and illustrated the human evolution. The Dawn of Humans: The First Steps, The Dawn of Humans: Expanding World, and How Man Began are very specific articles, giving us the explicit details of when and where certain fossils were unearthed, and how much they tell us about the present man–us.
I cannot stress enough how much I agree with this statement by Michael Lemonick in his article, How Man Began, “Humans are the animals who wonder, intensely and endlessly, about their origin.” I believe that man by nature, are curious of where they come from, as much as they are curious about where the other things in earth come from. Thus, (the reason why these articles were found valuable by many including me) these articles promulgated the scientists’ answers–technically, suggestions–to the most...
What the Knowledge of Our Evolution Brings
Science is a powerful way of understanding the natural world through a process of observation, experimentation, and analysis. It provides society with a reliable foundation for individual and collective decision making. Evolution by natural selection is one of the most studied and tested theories in science and is the central organizing principle of biology. However, theory is one of the most important—yet most misunderstood—terms. While theory is commonly used to mean a "hunch" or "opinion," in science, a theory is an extremely strong statement that provides an explanation of a natural phenomenon based on a wealth of well-documented evidence.
Much theory has been made about man’s evolution. The three articles I have read outlined some of these theories, depicted the many discoveries of scientists about how man began, and how they evolved through the years. Though it is not the first time I came crossed this type of article, I have appreciated how well the three articles described and illustrated the human evolution. The Dawn of Humans: The First Steps, The Dawn of Humans: Expanding World, and How Man Began are very specific articles, giving us the explicit details of when and where certain fossils were unearthed, and how much they tell us about the present man–us.
I cannot stress enough how much I agree with this statement by Michael Lemonick in his article, How Man Began, “Humans are the animals who wonder, intensely and endlessly, about their origin.” I believe that man by nature, are curious of where they come from, as much as they are curious about where the other things in earth come from. Thus, (the reason why these articles were found valuable by many including me) these articles promulgated the scientists’ answers–technically, suggestions–to the most...