Homework version 4.0

This time the post is going to be about a topic that I liked in my curse.

And one of the most interesting things that I have studied this year is the sphenoid bone.This is a bone situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporals and basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone somewhat resembles a butterfly or bat with its wings extended.

Well, the interesting thing about this bone is that is central part of a controversy between paleontologists and physical anthropologist because some of them argue that the evolution is slow and steady rise in the natural environment and on the other hand are those who claim that this evolution happens in a phased manner just when the sphenoid changes shape, a form of programmed and attentive, simultaneously.

This last argue is very important for the human evolution, because it explains why our sphenoid changes in the apes. For example, the oldest primate, Lémures of Madagascar, have a completely flat sphenoid, and why, the humans, have a sphenoid curved like a butterfly. If we believe this theory, we have to believe that in the evolution of the human being have been four mutations of the sphenoid bone and even more, that these mutations are taken for genetic causes and simultaneously in all kind of homos (Australopithecus, Homo Sapiens and Homo Sapiens Sapiens). That explains the different evolutions, apparently unrelated geographically, appearing in Europe and Asia.

If you want to know more about this theory, check this websites:

• http://pappubahry.livejournal.com/228549.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoid_bone
  

Homework version 3.0

This week the homework is select some websites that are interesting for my area of study, which is Physical Anthropology. The following list is making with my poor knowledge of websites in english, but it is the best that I can do.
I hope you enjoy the information that I share here with you.

Human Evolution
http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/evol.html
This website have information and document summarizing the hominid fossil record and hypothesized lines of human evolution from 5 million years ago to the present. The emphasis here are the hominids and their evolution, and the explanation of why we are like we are today. The website have very good charts and pictures.

The Leakey Foundation
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/
The Leakeys are a dynasty of pioneering fossil hunters. The Leakey family has been remarkable in the sheer numbers of fossil and tool discoveries and the vast amount of data its members have contributed to the fields of paleontology and anthropology. They have discovered some of the most important fossil that we know, expanding our knowledge about our origins as human.

The eSkeletons Project
http://www.eskeletons.org/
This is a very good website if you want to know more about bones and you doesn't have much knowledge in that area. It's very friendly and easy to understand, with pictures of each bone in particular. The best thing is that there are several kind of apes, so there is an emphasis in the study of human and primate comparative anatomy.

Forensic Entomology
http://www.forensicentomology.com/
Even when the entomology isn't an area so familiar to the anthropologist, it is very important to know that this science is key to understand the crime escene and the decomposition of corpses. A basic knowledge of the general appearance of insect of forensic importance, and a basic understanding of the proper methods for their collection, allow investigators and physical anthropologists to make accurate and representative collections from the death scene.

Homework version 2.0

Even when I wasn't in class this week (because I was sick... The flu attack me and it made me feel terrible. I had to stay in bed, drinking lemonade and traying to sleep), I have to do my homework. This week I have to talk about my weekend.

I have to start saying that my friday night was awesome: my sister, my cousin and I were to the theater to see a play called "El mercader de Venecia" ("The merchant of Venice"), which is based in a famous book of William Shakespeare. Even though I had read the book, the play make me feel in other world; the performances were excellent, the dialogue was perfectly adapted and even more: it was funny.

Saturday was a lost day. I didn't do what I had to do (homework, reeding, etc) and all because I was so, so tired. The last week was a complete horror (and the following week didn't see so much better), so I just needed a break. Even when I had to do some research for a Social Anthropology's homework, I just forgot it and I took a nap.

Sunday (April 13) was a big day for me: It was my birthday.

That day I woke up early and help my family to prepared everything because my closest friends were invited to a barbecue to celebrated that I turn nineteen. It was a very, very good day, and no only for the presents. It was funny, I laughed a lot and I forgot every worry of the past week. After all, you only turn nineteen once. And it must be celebrated, even when you have homework to do.

Homework version 1.0

This is my homework. I have to choose one song that means something for me. Then I remembered a song that I heard some years ago and that almost automatically like.
"Enjoy the silence" of Depeche Mode is one of my favourite songs, because I heard it for the first time when I was sad and in trouble. Hearing it made me feel that no situation is as serious as it would seem at first and that it can be overcomed.
The song means a lot for me, because it make me smile even when I am sad or when there are obstacles in my way. That's why I choose this song. Because when you hear it, you think immediately that it is bright.

Enjoy the silence
Depeche Mode

Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Cant you understand
Oh my little girl

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm