Monday 30 May 2016

DIGITAL LITERACY AND INFORMATION FLUENCIES (QUESTION 2)


Information fluency relates to our ability to instinctively and unconsciously elucidate information in all forms and formats to withdraw crucial knowledge so that one can extract the significance of the information to perform everyday tasks and by asking good question we will find that we receive brilliant answers (IIE, 2015).
A new species to the human ancestry was announced on 10 September 2015. This was enlightening discovery due to the fact that “Homo Naledi” (the name given to the new species) when found was seemed to have placed dead in a small chamber at the cradle of humankind in Sterkfontein.
With the discovery of this new information the scientific world seemed to be asking themselves when this species lived, how they form part of the human ancestry and did they bury their dead. To answer these questions scientist have acquired information that dates back to 1964. By analyzing this information they will be able to determine why and did the Homo Naledi dispose of its dead in such a manner, how they form part of the Homo Genus category and they fit into the human ancestry. The scientific community has concluded that for centuries human believed that they were the only species who buried its dead, however the discovery of Homo Naledi now proves otherwise.
For this information to be relevant scientist would have to access the process they used t decide on whether they could have conducted their research in a different, better manner.

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