Post by antoniogonzales15 on Oct 3, 2015 17:18:30 GMT
Week 5-6 Essay Questions
1. Evolution is key in our understanding of human behavior for many reasons. As explained in "The Genius of Charles Darwin" video, Darwin asserts that evolution explains how human beings change over time through biological processes. Over time, human beings evolve to their surroundings and environments, affecting their future offspring, thus creating changes over time. These changes in behavior are caused by a part of evolution called natural selection, which basically the biological make-up of a human in reference to optimal survival skills and traits. This DNA is passed on through generations and is the main factor in determining a human being's traits. Not only does this DNA provide an explanation for one's behavior, but it also can predict future behavior based on past experiences and the genetic make up of that person. Evolution is extremely important when analyzing the changes in human behavior over a large period of time and will continue to change as humans become more refined and genetically unique.
2. While evolution reveals so much about how human beings have changed over time through things such as natural selection, one thing that it cannot explain is how life itself began. When we look at evolution, it starts with primal human beings and progresses along a path that leads us to present day human beings. However, one of life's most intriguing questions is what process created humankind and allowed evolution to even exist. In addition to how life started, evolution also cannot explain how or why human beings have developed such an advanced reasoning ability relative to other species. Why were humans born with the ability to make decisions between things right and wrong and hate and love? The only answer to this question involves considering the possibility of divine intervention which is something completely separate from the process of evolution. Ultimately, these questions will never be fully answered no matter the extent of theories that are already out there or will arise in the future.
1. Evolution is key in our understanding of human behavior for many reasons. As explained in "The Genius of Charles Darwin" video, Darwin asserts that evolution explains how human beings change over time through biological processes. Over time, human beings evolve to their surroundings and environments, affecting their future offspring, thus creating changes over time. These changes in behavior are caused by a part of evolution called natural selection, which basically the biological make-up of a human in reference to optimal survival skills and traits. This DNA is passed on through generations and is the main factor in determining a human being's traits. Not only does this DNA provide an explanation for one's behavior, but it also can predict future behavior based on past experiences and the genetic make up of that person. Evolution is extremely important when analyzing the changes in human behavior over a large period of time and will continue to change as humans become more refined and genetically unique.
2. While evolution reveals so much about how human beings have changed over time through things such as natural selection, one thing that it cannot explain is how life itself began. When we look at evolution, it starts with primal human beings and progresses along a path that leads us to present day human beings. However, one of life's most intriguing questions is what process created humankind and allowed evolution to even exist. In addition to how life started, evolution also cannot explain how or why human beings have developed such an advanced reasoning ability relative to other species. Why were humans born with the ability to make decisions between things right and wrong and hate and love? The only answer to this question involves considering the possibility of divine intervention which is something completely separate from the process of evolution. Ultimately, these questions will never be fully answered no matter the extent of theories that are already out there or will arise in the future.