99 word prompt : No one’s hometown.
July 22, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a hometown. It can be your hometown or a fictional one. Who is there? When is it set? What is happening? Go where the prompt leads!
If you want to participate, here’s the link: CARROT RANCH
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Archeological digs take years. It’s not a profession for the instant gratification crowd. Many a student chose to pursue another field after twelve hours of work just to nudge an intact jawbone out of its stone prison.
“What have we learned about migration in the Americas so far?” I asked.
“This country wasn’t stolen from the indigenous people,” a girl of twenty replied. “Ownership belongs to the strongest.”
“We’ve discovered European tools 26,000 years old,” I said. “Asian tribes moved here 15,500 years ago.”
“Asians eradicated Europeans, then Europeans eradicated Native Americans?”
Finally… understanding! “Welcome to human nature 101.”
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Human Nature 101. Maybe Mother Nature cleans the slate and we forget. Is that a theory, about European tools found in North America? Still doesn’t excuse greed. I’m ready to revert ownership!
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I read an article about it, and that’s where I got the numbers.
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Interesting points to think on Joelle. I was just thinking the other day, the theory that we first began on the African continent and moved across the lands has always stuck in my mind. But I never did study how white folk came to be from that. Genetic mutations in colder, darker climates was my assumption from the teachings on genetics and evolution in biology class, however we didn’t go into as much detail as I’d liked. Without writing, I’d be a geneticist in a heartbeat.
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One of the things I learned in college: It had to do with vitamin D absorption. which is from sunlight. People in colder climates (very light beige people) need more exposure to sunlight. So, if you’re on the Equator, skin color acts as a shield against too much sun.
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