What were the most important transformations in human physiology and social organization between a million years ago and 5000 B.C.E.? What drove these transformations, and why were they important?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but correct responses should include: The transition to agriculture was a change without precedent and, in some ways, without parallel. Not only did it ignite a period of rapidly accelerating cultural divergence; it also constituted a remarkable break in humankind's relationship to evolution, inaugurating a period, which continues to this day, when new species have appeared in the course of what we might call "unnatural selection"—speciation and hybridization for human purposes, by human agency. The settled way of life, the art, the religious cults, even the kinds of foods (though obtained by different means) all were driven by these transformations. It was it an attempt to stabilize a world convulsed by climatic instability—a way to cope with environmental change that was happening too fast, and to preserve ancient traditions.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
How does the approach of Descartes to knowledge, summed up in “I think, therefore I am,” represent a departure from previous thinking, such as that of Aristotle? If Descartes rejects the data provided by the senses, what is he thinking about—that is, where does the raw material of thought come from? How can he know that God exists? Some modern critics have seen in Descartes’ method a
tendency to imprison the thinker within his or her own mind, cut off from the real world and from other people. Do you agree? What will be an ideal response?
What was the purpose of the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women?
A. to promote the civil rights of women B. to fight the internal enemies of the revolution C. to fight the political enemies of the republicans in the Convention D. to support the development of a new Constitution
All of the following are true about the Normandy landing on D-Day EXCEPT:
A) Too many supplies appeared to land at the start of the invasion. B) Over a million men would land on the beach over one month's time. C) The United States would retreat over the course of six months back to France. D) It took 11,000 planes and 600 ships to support the invasion.