This is a exploration of early human connections and storytelling.
Signing, Singing, Speaking: How Language Evolved
Music and the Neanderthal’s Communication
The Discovery of Fire: Two Million Years of Campfire Stories
How Conversations Around Campfire Might Have Shaped Human Cognition And Culture
Campfire Tales Serve as Human Social Media
Campfire Stories May Have Lead to Early Societal Learning
When Fire Met Food, The Brains of Early Humans Grew Bigger
What kinds of stories…
In 12,000 Year Old Grave, A Shaman Shares Her Tomb with Animal Totems
Origin Myths: Definition and Examples
Potential Writing Prompt:
Scientists have discovered many ancient graves of our earliest ancestors. These graves not only have the remains of those who died, but important artifacts that must have some significance. Create an historical fiction piece about a early human, male or female, and what happened, and what he or she was buried with. The narrator in the story might be either the one who died, or the person who buried them. Establish a relationship. Do some research to add authenticity. (You don’t want some anachronistic, meaning not of the right time. Your character was NOT buried with a cell phone.)
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
