Hominids, Art, Caves and Me

This activity was interesting and relevant to the current unit of inquiry. Acting as social scientists we "uncovered" "artifacts" that were linked to prehistoric times. All of these "artifacts" had some connection to art whether it be a painting, sculpture or something ornamental they all had something to do with art. I found this activity both interesting and enjoyable.

How did early humans use art to express their prehistoric culture?

These paintings such as the one to your right demonstrate that not only did these people have enough time to hunt and gather for food they had enough free time to express themselves and their culture both religious and otherwise through art.
There are a few possible explanations as to why they painted animals instead of say themselves. The first is that these animals were extremely important to them as a culture, tribe and perhaps even person.
As they provided food to survive on as well as fur which could be used for clothing and protective screening.

Another explanation is that these Hominids were painting the sky. Now you might say: "Those aren't clouds, they're bulls and horses". Some scientists believe that they were painting the constellations in the night sky. A certain cave has paintings of bulls of which the layout is almost identical to that of the constellations in the night sky.
All in all this shows that the early humans were efficient enough to spare time to use at their own leisure. So they might not have been Picasso but they were still artistically creative back then.

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Me? A Social Scientist, Really??!!

                                           Thai mural: I remember this one it has my favourite
                                           character Hanuman the White Monkey.

                                                                  The Parthenon

If I were to become a social scientist that is, either a historian, archaeologist or a geographer my preference would be to become a historian. This appeals to me because I love history much more then I will ever like maps or digging in the dirt.This is because even as a young child I was interested history because my mum worked at a Thai museum, I would just walk around the museum (it was a converted temple) staring at murals of the legend Ramakien. I also just love leafing through books and looking through them as a window into the life and culture of someone long dead. Ever since I started to read, I read about history with my mother, even now one of my favourite books is " A Little History of the World " by Ernst Gombrich. Last but not least I would love to be a historian so that I could escape this sometimes horrible reality and go to the world of the of the Ancient Greeks where there was no man called Glenn Beck with a TV show.
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Who am I

I'm Alexander and I'm from Australia. I live in Kuala Lumpur
 in Malaysia with my mum, dad and my dog. I have spent most
of my life away from my home in Canberra, Australia.

The last three books I have read are "The Dragon Heir" by
Cinda Williams Chima and it is the third book in a series of which the
second is "The Wizard Heir" another book I have just read. These books
are within the fantasy genre and are about wizards and such. Last but not least
is "Sir Thursday" by Garth Nix another fantasy book that mostly takes place
in the world of The House which is populated by Denizens and Nithlings.

The last movie I saw was SALT an action movie with Angelie Jolie and
Liev Schreiber. It has a large amount of fight scenes and it is about Russian
spies implanted into The United States of America until "Day X" when they would do
everything they could to destroy the USA.  

My academic goal for this year in is to do well and enjoy learning
and when my grades are displayed to be more than pleased with them.

As I am new to my current school my social goal for this year is
just to make enough friends to be able to enjoy myself at this school.

If there was a prize for my favourite and most valued vacation memory it
would be a tie between New Year in Paris and a cruise on Halong Bay in Vietnam.

These are the first five adjectives that come to mind when I think of myself:

1. Smart
2. Politically aware
3. Bookish
4. Avid
5. Awesome 

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