THESIS: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Not understanding all theories or opinions makes my decisions and awareness limited.

I was brought up in a religious Christian household. I never understood or contemplated the theory of evolution. I never knew so much of what was written in the Bible and other scriptures of my faith took place in Africa. And certainly never considered the facts that I have learned in these few chapters and in this class. Our book, “The African Experience,” is racked with biblical references to the Old Testament book of Genesis.

The infamous Garden of Eden for which I studied in my youth was in Africa? Was it really in the highland interior of East Africa? What would my Sunday school teacher say to that? And what is this pre-man growing into man? I was never taught to believe in evolutionary ph

One thing is known. That is that the Egyptian or the Nile Valley civilization developed along the banks of the river Nile in Egypt. This area, with its long, narrow flood plain drew people (Homo erectus), animals, and plants to its banks, and providing ideal conditions for the development of stable communities. It is estimated that Stone Age people was living in the area. It is believed that nomadic hunters settled in the valley and over the course of time, began to grow crops to supplement their food supply.

There is also a theory that implies that modern Homo sapiens burst out of Africa in a second exodus about 100,000 years ago. Another theory called ``transformationism’’ is that fossils combining features from erectus and sapiens are coming from Asia, not Africa.

Some topics in this essay:
African Eden, Stone Age, East Africa, Civilization THESIS, Nile Egypt, African Experience”, homo erectus, Garden Eden, Nile Valley, homo sapiens, begat homo, homo habilis, modern homo, modern homo sapiens, theories homo,