On Sunday, October First, I went to the American Museum of Natural History. I went to the museum because my anthropology homework required me to go to the “Hall of Human Origins” in the American Museum of Natural History. For the assignment, I had to create nine questions based on what I learned in the museum. In other words, my professor wanted the class to create a set of questions that proved we went to the museum and learned something. After understanding the assignment, I took about a hour long train ride to the museum. Once I arrived at the museum, I was asked to open my bag and a staff member searched it. Afterwards, I waited in line to buy my ticket and also asked where the “Hall of Human Origins” was. Even though I acquired a map of the museum, it took me a couple of minutes to figure out where the “Hall of Human Origins” was. When I finally made it to the “Hall of Human Origins”, I began observing the displays to acquire information for my questions. The first display that I noticed was a display that explained the evolution of humans. It explained that at one point in time, humans began to branch off from primates and created a new species called homo sapiens. The display also explained that many of our primate ancestors died off due to their inability to adapt to the changing environment. After I finished studying this display, I created a question that asked why the diversity of primates decreased over time. For this multiple choice question, four options were provided. Once I finished creating the first question, I moved on to the next display to create my second question. I repeated this process until I accumulated a total of nine questions. Since I was finished with my assignment, I no longer had a reason to stay in the museum. After fumbling with the map to find the exit, I left the museum and went to eat lunch before returning home.
