QUESTIONS FROM J. BRONOWSKI: THE ASCENT OF MAN
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1.
Explain the difference between animal adaptation and human alternative!
Which one does it happen to human being?
2.
Why did Bronowski begin research in Africa?
3.
What is fossil?
How many fossils did Bronowski find in his study from fossil Lemur to Homo Sapiens?
4.
What does Lemur mean in English? And what language does it come from?
5.
Two million years ago, the creature that is supposed to be man cannot be called a man yet but one million year ago they are called man, why?
6.
When did Bronowski see Grunion fish for the first time? Did you agree with the local indian who think that Grunion is quite romantic to see the full moon?
7.
Do you know why did Bronowski look down or admire the local Indian?
8.
Did Bronowski admire Alhamra is Spain? Explain!
9.
What do DNA short for? Explain what DNA is!
10.
One gift that human being have is imagination and anticipation as their habbit of showing the picture of abison in the cave? Explain!
Answers:
1.
As Charles Darwin pointed the way with The origin of species in 1859, and then in his book of 1871, The Descent of Man . So it is clear, that human being happen from the animal adaptation fist, next is the human alternative. Human alternative means that human then grow and distinguish from other animals by their imaginative gifts.
2.
Because there are lots of thing especially for the animals and plants to observed in
Africa. He can observed animals that lived in savannah, observed some fossils and studied the development of skulls there.
3.
Fossil is a bone, a shell or the shape of a plant or animal which has been preserved in rock for a very long period. There are 6 fossils found from fossil lemur to homo sapiens.
They are fossil lemur, ramapithecus, Australopithecus robustus, australopithecusafricanus, homo erectus, and homo sapiens.

4.
Lemur mean lemurs in English. It is a small animal similar to a monkey from
Madagascar with thick fur and a long tail, which lives in trees and is active at night. The language comes from The word "lemur" derives from the word lemures (ghosts or spirits) from Roman mythology and was first used to describe a slender loris due to its nocturnal habits and slow pace, but was later applied to the primates on Madagascar.
5.
It is because somewhere in that last millions years ago, man made a change in the quality of his tools – which presumably points to some biological refinement in the hand during that period, and especially in the brain centres that control all the body, especially hand.
The more sophisticated creature the better creature or man.
6.
Bronowski saw the Grunion fish at the Pacific Ocean in 1769. The California Indians used to say that the Grunion fish came and danced in the full moon. But I dont think so. I think the Grunion fish is not such a romantic fish because they like to appear in the full moon. I think it is because the full moon is important to incubate their eggs undisturbed by other animals in the sand.
7.
Bronowski admire the local Indians because the local Indians are the hard-worker. They can work all day and all night to hunt, build home, make weapon for hunting, take care their family, etc. They also are good in doing such things, they are creative and smart.
8.
Yes, I think Bronowski admire Alhamra in Spain because he thought that it was one of the place in the world that must be preserved as the architecture of DNA for us, the people all over the world. As a part of culture heredity, we must keep its originality from time to time.
9.
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses. DNA is a nucleic acid; alongside proteins and carbohydrates, nucleic acids compose the three major macromolecules essential for all known forms of life.
10.
Some human beings have gift to predict any good or bad news. But not all human beings can do this, neither 50% from them. There are just some few human beings can do that.
But to do it right, human being need to train themselves to handle it and use it in a good way.