Essays on Primitive People

Lucien Levy-Bruhl was a French anthropologist who had a study in the primary field explaining the types of minds and which involved primitive mentality. In the work, “How natives think” he hypothesized on what he mentioned as the two basic mindsets of a person, the “primitive” and “the Western.” He goes ahead to explain in his work that a “primitive” mind does not have the ability to distinguish between the supernatural and the reality. The primitive mind, however, uses a “Mystical participation” to so as to exploit the world. Besides, Levy-Bruhl explains that the Primitive mind does not address ...

Education is the process of achieving an objective in which an individual learns the different ways to think rather than what to think. An educated person gathers knowledge of the world and builds confidence to make decisions in professional and private life. Education can be attained by several means such as traveling, asking questions, being honest and a good listener, books, group discussions, technology, recreation, good family and teacher support. I would not completely agree Richard Rodriguez’s statement that only reading can make him educated, as there are other factors also that are associated with reading such as ...

Background

In a recent documentary published by National Geographic about the trails of the DNA, particularly in Africa, a lot of facts and correlations between races were discovered. The documentary focused on three races: the Africans, Europeans and the Asians. The researchers theorized that majority of humans in this planet have African origins, at least by looking at their mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome structures. This paper will focus on the different aspects of DNA; what is a DNA and why its journey is such a good one to follow.

Basic Information about DNAs

DNA is a type of nucleic acid located inside cells of living organisms. It is a ...