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Related: Politics40 maps that explain the world By Max Fisher By Max Fisher August 12, 2013 Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to. So when we saw a post sweeping the Web titled "40 maps they didn't teach you in school," one of which happens to be a WorldViews original, I thought we might be able to contribute our own collection. Some of these are pretty nerdy, but I think they're no less fascinating and easily understandable. Early human migrations Early human migrations began when Homo erectus first migrated out of Africa over the Levantine corridor and Horn of Africa to Eurasia about 1.8 million years ago. The expansion of H. erectus out of Africa was followed by that of Homo antecessor into Europe around 800,000 years ago, followed by Homo heidelbergensis around 600,000 years ago, who was the likely ancestor of both Modern Humans and Neanderthals[1] The ancestors of Homo Sapiens evolved into Modern Humans around 200,000 years ago, in Africa. Migrations out of Africa occurred some time later: around 125,000 years ago Modern Humans reached the Near East from where they later spread across Asia and Europe.[2] From the Near East, these populations spread east to South Asia by 50,000 years ago, and on to Australia by 40,000 years ago,[3] when for the first time H. sapiens reached territory never reached by H. erectus. H. sapiens reached Europe around 43,000 years ago,[4] eventually replacing the Neanderthal population. Robert G.
To Become More Adaptable, Take a Lesson from Biology - Rafe Sagarin by Rafe Sagarin | 12:30 PM March 5, 2013 Remember when Apple’s stock traded at $7 a share? I do, because that’s when I sold my shares. Fifty Ways to Leave Leviathan OCTOBER 02, 2013 by MAX BORDERS, JEFFREY A. TUCKER State management of society is not only contrary to human liberty; it is also unworkable. It cannot achieve what it seeks to achieve, which is often all-round control of some sector of economic and social life. Ancestral Lines Hominid Fossil Sitesand Patterns of Hominid DispersalWhen and how new hominid species appeared, and how they affected or displaced already existing species, are questions that many lines of research are helping to answer. Patterns of human migration form a key part of the solution. Recently, with more powerful geological dating methods based on fluctuations in the earth's magnetic field or electron spin resonance, the earliest Homo erectus fossils from China have been dated to 1.9 million years ago. This requires an even earlier date for the emergence of Homo ergaster in Africa, implying humans first evolved about 2.5 million years ago.
Parsons The New School for Design Filter by: Degree ∨ Filter by: Topics ∨ Filter by: School / Location ∨ Currently Displaying All Programs Magazine / fall 2013 Last December, when Adam Lanza stormed into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, with a rifle and killed twenty children and six adult staff members, the United States found itself immersed in debates about gun control. Another flash point occurred this July, when George Zimmerman, who saw himself as a guardian of his community, was exonerated in the killing of an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in Florida. That time, talk turned to stand-your-ground laws and the proper use of deadly force. The gun debate was refreshed in September by the shooting deaths of twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard, apparently at the hands of an IT contractor who was mentally ill. Such episodes remind Americans that our country as a whole is marked by staggering levels of deadly violence.
The Prehistory of Homo Sapiens This article is divided into the following parts: Part I: General context of human life in the Paleolithic (this page) Part II: The Lower Paleolithic Part III: The Middle Paleolithic Part IV: The Upper Paleolithic The Paleolithic