Aunty knows it all

your guide to be a perfect family

a FOTONOVELA by

aNANYA SINGH

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your guide to be a perfect family

a FOTONOVELA by

aNANYA SINGH

ask anything always

Yours sincerely, Aunty

Do exactly what I tell you to do and you will be as perfect as my family

I know what is best for you

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I’ll take you on a journey to understand humans better. Welcome abode!

Meet my family! The one riding the scooter is my husband, then thats me! And behind me is my younger son followed by my elder daughter.

Human Evolution

Homo sapiens, the name that scientifically designates our species is the result of a long evolutionary process that began in Africa during Pilocene Epoch. Very few fossils have been found, and there are no clear clues about what caused the amazing development of the culture. Some believe that a change in the brain or vocal apparatus permitted the emergence of a complex language. Other theories hypothesize that a change in the architecture of the human mind allowed Homo sapiens to use imagination. What is certain is that hunting and gathering was a way of life for 10,000 years until people formed settlements after Ice Age and cities began to emerge.

The Phylogenic Tree

This cladogram (map of emergence of new species from previous ones) shows the relationship of the Homo geuns to the other species of primates.

MAN

CHIMPANZEE

GORILLA

ORANGUTAN

Australopithecus PRECURSOR This ape was the first true hominin but is extinct today.

I’LL TELL YOU WHAT HUMANS ARE LIKE

Homo habilis THE GREAT LEAP Its brain was much greater, and there were substantial anatomical changes.

1 MYA 5 MYA 10 MYA 15 MYA 20 MYA

(MILLION YEARS AGO)

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Gorillas, chimpanzees, and hominins had a common ancestor at least five million years ago.

> FOUR MILLION YEARS AGO

> TWO MILLION YEARS

Homo sapiens

Homo neanderthalensis

Homo erectus MIGRANT This is the species that left Africa and rapidly populated almost all the Old World. From the form of its larynx, it is deduced that Homo erectus could talk.

CULTURAL ANIMAL The only surviving species of the Homo genus. Its evolution that took place not through genetics but through culture.

HUNTER-GATHERER Very similar to Homo sapiens; nevertheless, it is not its ancestor, but a species that emerged from Homo erectus.

> AGO

ONE MILLION YEARS AGO

> PRESENT DAY

WE STARE

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AT

we try to hide“it” and do what we are best at doing

PRETTY YOUNG GIRLS

otherwise gawking at those of our age gives us immense pleasure as well

We believe in

manipu lation

Those who don’t follow “their” footsteps get left behind

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ping!

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we force votes we break promises we don’t work

and then

we kill

MONEY MONEY MONEY, ALWAYS SUNNY, IN THE RICH MAN’S WORLD

everyone loves those on top and can stoop down to any level to get there

we want to leave a mark

WE MISUSE

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PERKS OF OUR

JOBS

and turn innocents into

monsters

WE HAVE NO RESPECT FOR

ANYTHING OR ANYONE

B +B =

we force growing individuals to do

CHILD LABOUR

when they should be reading books or playing games

we ill-treat THOSE LIKE US

We force marriages Believe in superstitions Which leads to death And then we gossip

First we cage animals

AND

UNLIKE US Then we don’t feed them

If we do we give them this

WE DO EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE We have no sense of privacy. We sleep on benches on roads.

‘Every Where’ is our toilet, living room, bedroom, kitchen.

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we are watching

y o u

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> PRESENT DAY

> FIVE YEARS LATER

STOP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING

> TEN YEARS LATER

> FIFTEEN YEARS LATER

IF THE WORLD WAS UPSIDE DOWN

A SMILE WOULD TURN INTO A FROWN

THE SEA WILL RISE AND WE WILL ALL DROWN

THERE WILL BE NO CITY, VILLAGE OR TOWN

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