Just beginning in anthropology, the film “Mysteries of Mankind” proved a very valuable resource to have. Throughout the short video, many different examples of techniques were used in analyzing human-like fossils and other data. The audience was introduced to various fossils and artifacts that were dated using either relative dating or absolute dating. A couple of examples that used these two techniques of analysis were the archeological dating technique involving teeth, the visible evidence found on tools, and the excavation of bones and fossilized footprints that provided insight to new archeological data.
Artifact collection of a jawbone and teeth can provide endless clues about our ancestors. Archeological dating of what caused the wear on teeth and molars can provide insight to what the hominids were eating when they were alive. Using scanning electron microscopes, archeologists and anthropologists could get a closer look at the imprints left behind on the teeth. With this technology, distinguishing what food left a particular distinct mark could also shed light on other aspects of the skeletons. Once a specific kind of food was established the idea of the hominids diet came full circle. Finally with the information of the diet, we disproved a common misconception of our ancestors being carnivorous killers. Due to the fact that the marks left behind on the fossils were from plants and nuts, it is more likely our ancestors were vegetarians. However, the problem with relying on a diet to decide on particular behaviors can be challenged when the discovery of tools and distinct tool marks concludes on a different behavioral standpoint.
Although the exact time hunting was established is unknown, the tools and the visible evidence left by the tools give anthropologists an insight on various aspects of our ancestors’ lives. Beginning with studying the tools themselves represents the first evidence of culture by our ancestors. The earliest fossils of tools were represented by only shards of rock that had a rather unclear purpose. It was not until later in the twentieth century that the evolution of the tools proved very important in understanding the sophistication of our ancestors over time. The tools themselves became more refined, sharper, and specialized for particular tasks, which allude to the analysis of how our ancestors matured and evolved. These tools are a good representation of relative dating. While the tools may not provide a specific date in the past, their evolution and purpose set out a relative timeline for anthropologists to refer to when performing research. Knowing how tools were not only made, but also used, can give background on the behaviors of our ancestors. Contrary to the conclusion given by the imprints left behind on teeth, the tools recovered have been distinguished as a source of defense against enemies and weapon for hunting, fighting, and killing prey. Sometimes when archeologists and anthropologists look through skeleton remains of animals, they come across tool marks (also known as cut marks) in the bone. Since each tool leaves a particular mark, the cut marks are vital clues of not only behavior, but they also provide evidence to what our ancestors ate. These findings can even give a relative timeline to when the hominids became successful hunters. Even though these fossils provide countless amounts of information, they can also provide false clues. Due to the fact that the tools, bones, and rocks are left to the elements, what could be presented as a cut mark could simply be a crack from a recent trampling of large animals. However, even though nature can potentially affect the archeological data collected on the tools, it is not impossible to distinguish which is a mark made hundreds of thousands of years ago versus the recent past. In the film, we are introduced to a woman who recreates cut marks in bones and other objects with the same kind of tools that
combjghgfhuhhhbhhhhhhhhtggghbhhjjjjjjjjjjjjjiiiTitle: "John Ena" / C.R. Patterson. Creator(s): Patterson, Charles Robert, 1878-1958, artist Date Created/Published: c1913 April 28. Medium: 1 photographic print. Summary: Reproduction of painting showing ship "John Ena" at sea. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-12293 (color film copy transparency) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: ART REPRO - Patterson [item] [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division…
In this scenario, a large film making conglomerate wishes to examine a number of potential film making projects. Each project is to be ranked according to its feasibility, measured by the ability to adhere to a number of corporate objectives. There are seven proposed movies to be judged and the conglomerate will produce four to six each year. First is to examine each of those projects to the corporate objectives, compare and contrasting project selection criteria and justify why a project meets…
A PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATION OF INTERSTELLAR: ETHICS HARRISON SEABORN YEAR 9 PHILOSOPHY (MR. SINGH) BACKGROUND SYNOPSIS KEY QUESTIONS SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS SLIDES • • Interstellar – a blockbuster film, directed by Christopher Nolan • • It is set sometime in the 2050’s • • A crop blight has hit the earth, and starvation and suffocation have started to set in • • Key questions • • • Ethics • • Professor Brand – Duty Ethics • • ‘Them’ – Artificial Selection • • Dr Mann – Survival…
Summary Chapter 1 What is the science fiction It’s complicated to give a definition, for this definition should balance fiction’s relation to reality and its exclusivity. As the SF writer Theodore Sturgeon said “A good science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution”, which appropriately explains the science fiction’s true mean—I think it means science fiction is a tool to show the relationship between natural and human, for natural lead human to find out itself.…
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scenes from the film to back up your assertions. * You must also include, at least, two screen captures from the film that provide strong visual evidence of your observations. How to analyze a film? 1. | Watch or re-watch your film with specific questions in mind. | 2. | Marshal basic ideas, names, and scenes. Depending on the complexity of film, this requires additional viewings. | 3. | Identify and consider most important ideas. | 4. | Return to the film to locate specific…
Czechoslovakia. Resources (including TA role where applicable): PP: Was Appeasement a key Cause of World War Two? 2 short films on PP: (1) Extract from ‘The Road To War: Germany’ (2) Documentary on the historian AJP Taylor’s view of the importance of the appeasement policy; Pupil handouts key vocabulary, summary of key causes of World War Two, summary of Hitler’s foreign policy 1933-9. Pupil answer to GCSE Q3c June 2011 Examiner’s mark scheme to GCSE Q3c June 2011 Contemporary…
Just got off the phone with a friend of mine that is an actor/producer/and film editor and he gave me a lot of insight on what to look for and how to describe it if anyone wants to meet up ill go over it with them tonight Here is a good segment from a website my High School English Teacher recommended to me for structure Hope it helps! Also the assignment is on the last page, so you can fill in your information as you go and than form an outline after you put your information in…
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1. Introduction In recent years, movie class plays a more and more important role in English teaching in China. Most teachers require students to write movie reviews after watching the movie. However, how to write movie review is still remain unclear to students. Some student download a review from the internet, and some write a summary of the movie instead. Genre analysis is a system of analysis by which observations are made on the repeated communicative functions found in genres and on the…