Independent Reading Book Blog

When I was reading this book, I found it to be somewhat hard to read, and it had some words that I did not understand. I tried to use context clues to understand the meaning of some of the words, and I if I could not figure out the meaning then, I just searched it up on Google. I also took breaks from reading the book because it was also hard to understand it because it had lots of science words that I didn't know. There were some parts, though, that I found pretty interesting, and I didn't take any breaks because I was not having that hard of a time reading those parts. I also realized that I get kind of thirsty when I read this book, so I kept a glass of water next to me when I read.

Study Guide for the first half of the book: The Meaning of Human Existence 1         Who is Edward O. Wilson, the author? He is one of the world’s best biologists and naturalists and he has won two Pulitzer Prizes. He is a professor emeritus at Harvard University. He is also the world’s leading expert on ants. 2         What does Edward O. Wilson say is the concept that helped organisms evolve? He says that they evolved with multi-level selection, where organisms work together as a group, and the whole group evolves through natural selection. 3         What are some of the consequences of being in a tribe? You view people outside your group as inferior to you, you refuse to work with others, and racism also comes from this. 4         Why is it important to measure human progress through both humanities and science? Arts and science work together and the humanities are how we portray...