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Peking Man
This is a skull representation of the Peking Man. It is considered to be a homo erectus and it was originally found in cave deposits in China. This skull dates back approximately 500,000 to 200,000 years ago. In the New York Times article “Why Am I a Naturalist”, it talks about how “naturalism is the philosophical theory that treats science as our most reliable source of knowledge and scientific method as the most effective route to knowledge” (Rosenberg). Darwin’s natural selection and random variation have been brought into the study of naturalism. The race that can survive and reproduce is the one that’s going to survive and evolve over time. As you can see in the Peking Man, he has similar features to the homo sapiens. His brow line still protrudes, but over time that will evolve into the frontal lobe which helps us with long term memory, ability to recognize future consequences for our actions, choose between good or bad, suppress unacceptable social responses and recognize similarity between things. These are all very helpful things that make the homo sapiens what we are today. Naturalism is always asking questions and not pushing anything aside. Finding answers are important to naturalists and they do not like people to think they are dogmatic. Their dedication to evolution will never stop and we can see in this picture that it has been happening for years and our species just keeps becoming more intricate as the years go by.
Peking Man
This is a skull representation of the Peking Man. It is considered to be a homo erectus and it was originally found in cave deposits in China. This skull dates back approximately 500,000 to 200,000 years ago. In the New York Times article “Why Am I a Naturalist”, it talks about how “naturalism is the philosophical theory that treats science as our most reliable source of knowledge and scientific method as the most effective route to knowledge” (Rosenberg). Darwin’s natural selection and random variation have been brought into the study of naturalism. The race that can survive and reproduce is the one that’s going to survive and evolve over time. As you can see in the Peking Man, he has similar features to the homo sapiens. His brow line still protrudes, but over time that will evolve into the frontal lobe which helps us with long term memory, ability to recognize future consequences for our actions, choose between good or bad, suppress unacceptable social responses and recognize similarity between things. These are all very helpful things that make the homo sapiens what we are today. Naturalism is always asking questions and not pushing anything aside. Finding answers are important to naturalists and they do not like people to think they are dogmatic. Their dedication to evolution will never stop and we can see in this picture that it has been happening for years and our species just keeps becoming more intricate as the years go by.