Who's Who Among the Early Hominins

Have you ever wondered how scientists and archaeologist identifying a 3 million year old fossil .Well they have many methods that may need high tech machines or it might just take a little bit of knowledge about early hominins.There are many different hominins that we record by the changes that happened to them. Although we don't find many fossils and whole bones when we find them but we still can recreate them. Most people call the early hominins ape man because they resemble monkeys. One types of early humans are the sahelanthropus tchadensis which are the oldest ones found they data back to 7 million years and as it seems they had a chimp like brain and not much features that we have today. Homo habilis also known as handy man is one of the best known fossils. It shows that the people from the pas killed little animals for food and made tools that's why he is called the handy man. Homo neanderthalensis are one of the earliest human and they show human like features of the skull and height. As you see their are many different types of early humans and their are still more to find.

Susman, Randal. "Who's Who Among The early Hominins."  Odyssey Adventures  Oct. 2009: 22-25. Print

Stonehenge Mystery

One great mystery that scientist and archaeologist are trying to uncover is the mystery of the Stonehenge. Stonehenge is a lot of rocks put together that are put into a specific order but we don't know the reason. Their are many theories and tales to who built it and why. According to folktales they say that Merlin, a wizard, use his magic to carry the stones and put them to place. Although scientist disagreed so they went to find the real answer. So they cam up with many different theories but the ones that i thought were interesting. SO the first theory is that it was created by the people who lived there and was a astronomical observatory because it lined up were the sun will fall because of the soloists and they have it also for winter so that cant be a accident. Another theory that i thought was interesting was is that it was a landing site for aliens. Since some people believe that ancient people couldn't build that because it isn't easy even with our technology so with theirs it impossible. And my last theory is that it was a place for the dead while the woodhenge was for the living and that their were buried some important people. There are many different theories and until we can confirm one of them we have to be open minded to all ideas. With every idea we are closer to figuring it out.

Human Ancestor May Put A Twist In Origin Story,New Studies Say

Archaeologist found 2 million year old fossils and possibly skin from a pair of primates. This primate is know as the Australopithecus sediba and it was discovered in Malapa region in of south Africa in 2008 and was described the first time last April. Scientist made many test and for example the primates anatomy showed that it is able to make and use tools. They also found what they think is fossilized skin, So they made a open-access experiment.They say that they bones are from a really special ere that we don't know much about. The two primates fell in a chasm and they bacteria trap persevered them. From the legs they saw that their ankle is similar to ours and that they could walk on two feet. The odd combination of feet suggested that they could also climb up trees as well as walk. The endocast showed that the brain was similar to ours but small. The primate had a long thumb so it had a precision grip. In fact they say that they might have had better grip then us because of their longer thumbs. This could change history but the Washington sate university is not yet ready to make drastic changes to the time line.

Huge Gladiator School found Buried in Austria.

Archaeologist have found a new huge school for gladiators that is roughly the size of two wallmarts. They found many equipment like a training dummy were they would practice their moves. All the Archaeologist said that is huge and one of the most interesting event in their career. This is a major part of evidence for the roman history. They didn't yet actually dig that up they used tractor-mounted radar equipment that gives a 3d image of was underneath. They found that their were many things under, like a mini amphitheater. Archaeologists think that the gladiators were slaves, but they are not sure. In the past their were gladiators slaves and people that are free, that wanted to become a gladiator for the fame and glory. They estimated that it is 200,000 square feet. They also find a part were they could keep animals for gladiators to fight with them. Excavating this site would add lots of valuable information on life's of gladiators. Their is also a cemetery near but with bones to show the trauma that they went through. 

How do Historians learn about the past?

You probably thought how do historians learn about the past and how they find all the things required to say that, that happened in the past. They find that out by finding primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are documents or physical objects. Secondary sources are source that interprets and analyzes primary sources. There are also written and non written sources. It is really hard to figure out what happened in the past because there were no written sources and they didn't get the perspective of woman. Their are five major steps of how they will do for finding evidence. First they gather a variety of sources then they categorize sources to written and non written. Then they evaluate sources, questioning time of origin, after that they evaluate source and finally share their findings with the world. So that is how historians learn about the past.

In the past where did the humans tend to settle and why?

In the past people had move and migrated for many reasons. There had been many major movement in history all having to do with similar reasons. Most people moved because there wasn't enough resources or the living conditions were harsh. Although some people did it for greed. They come were some people have already settled and then they kill the people and take all their resources. People moved south because it was warmer and they could grow lots of different plant and breed animals. For example when the barbarians attack Romes home land they went away from some countries they concurred to defend them. People settle where the their was good soil for crops and a comfortable climate. They wouldn't settle in  the Sahara or Antarctica. Sometimes people don't want to move so they have to adapt to the environment.Some of the reasons why people move are war,climate,living conditions and much more. People also move because they may not like  the government of that country so they go to another country and some other people maybe like that government so they move in. Migration don't just have to be with people many animals migration for example red crabs. As you can see in the past people have migrated for many different reasons.

What is History and Why Do We Study It

History is the study of the past. It is very important for us to study history, we study it to not make the same mistakes and not have the same conflicts. History can be changed by finding new evidence but to go back in time and change it, we cant do that. There are countless reasons why we study history some of them are so we dont repeat mistakes like wars and slavery. We also learn from where we came for our heritage and how people of the past use to treat something that could help us in the futer. History is not something boring and just remembering dates they are stories that can be really interesting.

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
Martin Luther King, Jr. 


I think that this quote is really good because it describes history really good it means that we don't make history but we are history. Eventually we will become history and the people of the futer will use us to learn from our mistakes.