Nadia
I was a pupil in Uru Mānuka and this blog is where I shared my learning.
Thursday 31 March 2022
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Farming vs Hunting
Tuesday 22 March 2022
Meagan and I had a quirky time making Potatools
Monday 14 March 2022
The Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell (Mitochondrial Eve)
In LV3 Biology, our class has been investigating the Human Evolutionary scale and we are now focusing on a subtopic of Human Dispersal. Within this section of our learning, we learned a bit about the Mitochondrial Eve, which is basically a theory about Human-kinds's common ancestor. We were set the task to look at an article and summarise it. Here are my findings.
Mitochondrial Eve
The discovery of Mitochondrial Eve was by:
Cann, R. L., Stoneking, M., & Wilson, A. C. (1987). Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution. Nature, 325(6099), 31-36.
In the scientific journal titled Nature, scientists Rebecca Louise Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan Charles Wilson compared Mitochondrial DNA from various Human Populations from around the world. From these comparisons, they determined that all human populations (that they studied) had a common ancestor in Africa around 100,000-200,000 years ago. This individual was later called "Mitochondrial Eve" (not to be confused with the Biblical Eve). Within this article, the author describes the particular composition of the mtDNA (Mitochondria DNA), explaining the various areas in detail. This is important for the reader because they may not necessarily understand all of the scientific jargon or explanations used. It explains that Mitochondrial DNA is different from the regular DNA most people have heard of. This DNA doesn't change within the chromosome when passed down from mother to child aside from mutations. After this, the authors discuss the fact that sequencing was used to determine migration patterns of some human populations within Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and more. They were able to trace the lineage back to one individual - Mitochondrial Eve. The article discusses the important details about Mitochondrial DNA and the impacts it has on genetic lineage. The scientists concluded that this single lineage has outlasted others of the past, and has continued to flourish. Although changing only through mutations, Mitochondrial DNA is likely to have expanded and be within every modern individual's DNA still to this day.
Friday 11 March 2022
The discovery that lead to a lot of evolutionary questions
In our latest Biology unit, we have been looking at the evolution of Humankind. As part of an exercise, I explored an article posted on the Natural History Museum website and wrote a summary of what we discovered. Here is my summary...
Homo naledi, your recently discovered human relative
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/homo-naledi-your-most-recently-discovered-human-relative.html
Written by Lisa Hendry, posted on the Natural History Museum Website
Article last updated 11th April 2019
Friday 25 February 2022
Definitions of English stuff
Absurdism-
A philosophy that believes humans exist in a universe where we don't have an inherent purpose in life
Anarchy -
A philosophy/belief system that rejects the government and high political status, favouring the idea of self-governance. They deem governing bodies to be harmful or unnecessary
Nihilism -
The idea that life is meaningless, that there is no "objective meaning".
Existentialism -
The idea that we create our own purpose of life, that there is no presence of "God" or any deity that defines our purpose for us, that we must find it ourselves. Trying to find a way that your life has value.
Friday 2 July 2021
Making connections
In English, we have been looking at 4 different texts that share similar ideas. These are a few significant connections that I have noticed throughout the 4 texts. The main umbrella idea that I had was personhood, however, within this idea, there are a few more underlying themes. When I am writing my English essay, I will use these ideas for inspiration however I must use more deep ideas.
Tuesday 15 June 2021
The name on everybody's lips is gonna be ROXIE