Reflection 2

The people that lived in more archaic times of civilizations, were not as smart as we are today. Homo Habilis were among the first to use tool like objects. Before this however, they would find their food from the earth by digging in the the soil with sticks. They were oblivious to all the food that was roaming around.

Overtime however, there way of thinking must have increased a bit because the started making tools. This completely changed everything for them. Whereas they were once nomads, roaming the land and never really settling in one place for a long time, the invention of these tools provided them with access to better food and shelter.

While Homo Habilis created tools that were small in shape, shape, form, and ability, Homo Erectus created tools that were much larger and complex. The tools that they made allowed them the luxury of hunting and eating larger game. The added bonus of this was that Homo Erectus had been the first peoples to use fire. So, not only were they hunting larger game, they had fire to provide as a way to cook the meat and also as warmth.

Fire was of great importance to the Homo Erectus people. It provided them with warmth. It acted as a stove cooking the meat and giving it a better taste. They would also use fires to find shelter. If they happened on a cave and a larger animal lived there, they would simply set fire to the cave forcing the animal out and thus providing themselves with shelter.

The most effective paradigm shift associated with the making and discovery of tools, is that the tools aided in better communication. The making in the tools alone was probably a group effort. Perhaps one grunt could have meant give me a rock and a stick and two grunts coupled with a finger in the air could have meant the tool was being made wrong.

Paradigms shape the way we think, but when a paradigm shifts, the mind is allowed room to explore its horizons. Where would we be today if we only allowed what was to be? We would probably still be walking around naked or with very little clothing. Eating from the earth and using grunts and gestures as means of communication.