Becoming Human

I just finished a really thorough documentary on the very first humans and archaeologists' discoveries that have given us such insights into these early humans. I have to hand it to Nova, they made a really really great documentary that kept me interested throughout its multiple episodes. Interestingly enough, archaeologists attest the entire separation from Neanderthals and homo sapiens to the major climate changes during that time. The drastic change in temperature forced early humans to learn to adapt to this harsher temperature, forcing them to evolve. It seems interesting to me that the every human's accomplishments, from our extreme leaps in technology, to our knowledge, stemmed from a simple change in temperature that pushed us from more ape-like creatures, to the developed humans we are today.
I know I am still a little out of order, but jumping around keeps things fresh. Now back to The Fall of Empires, where I have read the chapters on Pharaonic Egypt, The Minoans, The Hittites, and am now reading about the brutal and rustic Assyrians.
I am looking forward to break not only because of the endless hours where I will be able to work on my quest, but because I will be home so I will not only have to watch the watch instantly movies on netflix, but I will be able to start watching the documentaries that you cannot watch instantly. I have about 15 different documentaries to watch over break, and I really hope I can finish them. There area bout 10 different ones about ancient Rome, and I can't wait to start on them. After Egypt I will move onto Greece. I just received The Rise and Fall of Athens by Plutarch and will probably read that after The Rise and Fall of Empires. I also received The Spartans by Paul Cartledge, Roma by Steven Saylor, The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough, and Who Wrote the Bible by Friedman in the last few days, and those are next on my list of books. I am quickly approaching the end of BC and soon will be in AD...and I can't wait! My quest is moving along nicely. Now if I could only be this interested in writing the many essays I have due in the next two weeks...