http://www2.evergreen.edu/evolvingcommunication/taxonomy/term/4/0 Compare the ways in which Golding contrasts Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons by choosing one of the following themes: value of life, ritual, gender, or community. Find particular examples in the text that illustrate your ideas. In your thesis statement, consider how your comparison sheds light on the evolution of modern humans, referring to theories you have learned. en http://www2.evergreen.edu/evolvingcommunication/roisin-mooney-1 <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In the book <em>The Inheritors</em>, author William Golding describes the different social behaviors of the Neanderthals and the Cro-Magnons. One difference is how the two groups value human and other animal life. In the description of Neanderthals Golding writes as if this group of people had an overall respect of the other living creatures. </font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">An example of the Neanderthals morality is show in the section of the book where Lok has found a dead doe. Lok makes this statement, “This is bad. But a cat killed you so there is no blame” (p.54). In the use of the word “blame” Golding is saying that this group of Neanderthals had a conscience and felt that killing was “bad”.<span>  </span>Lok really grieves over the doe. <span> </span></font></font></p><p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/evolvingcommunication/roisin-mooney-1">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/evolvingcommunication/roisin-mooney-1#comment Week III Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:48:23 -0700 mooroi04 172 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/evolvingcommunication