Technology has enabled society to do things that have not
ever been done before as well as simplifying human life. 8 years ago the first
perfectly preserved humanoid skull was found and led to a startling discovery. After
studying a 1.8 billion year old human skull for 8 years scientist have
discovered that instead of having different species of ‘homo’ there may have
existed only one species with different linages. The bones that they thought
were of a different species really was the result of evolution. Through
technological advances the skull was compared to 5 other early homo skulls who
all lived in the same area around the same time.
The beginning of human life has held a lot of controversy
surrounding where we came from and how we are different from one another. This
article further proves the fact that we as humans no matter what color our
skin, what ethnicity we belong to or what religion we partake in have way more
similarities than differences. In class we talked about there being no significant
differences between the human population and this article states that even 1.8
billion years ago the homo species was just ever evolving and was not different
types of “homo”. It is important in sociology because it can further help the
society understand the insignificance of difference between us all.
Cynthia Brooks
October 17 2013
9:28 pm
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