Dec 19 2012
The Origins of Man
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In the beginning of the semester our anthropology teacher forced us to go to the American Museum of Natural History and I really welcomed the occasion. Honestly it was because I though it would be a great opportunity to stare at the enormous blue whale exhibit. I could stare at that thing for hours. Unfortunately I found out that we were required to go to the human origins exhibit. I mean who cares about human origins when theres a giant whale hanging from the ceiling?! But a certain classmate of mine ahem… ahem… Jackie Diaz did not share my point of view and would not let me linger on the giant blue whale because apparently the museum was closing and we had to visit the exhibit.
As it turns out I enjoyed the human origins exhibit. It allowed me to realize that I know absolutely nothing about our origins. I had no idea where the first humans were discovered and from what species we evolved from because quite frankly I didn’t care. But my experience at the museum changed my view on where we come from and surprisingly enough it made me care. I found myself intrigued at when the first carvings showed up and when exactly we first appeared in world history. It was an extremely enlightening experience and it wasn’t all bad as I did get a couple of minutes to just stare at that giant blue whale.
