In the field of human genetics, mitochondrial eve refers to the maternal "MRCA" (most recent common ancestor). In other words, she was the woman from whom all living humans today descend, on their mother's side, and through the mothers of those mothers and so on, back until all lines converge on one person. Because all mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is generally passed from mother to offspring without recombination, all mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in every living person is directly descended from hers by definition. Mitochondrial Eve is the female counterpart ofY-chromosomal Adam, the patrilineal most recent common ancestor, although they lived thousands of years apart.
     To know we as humans come from one woman, and all have dispersed throughout the world and became our own races and developed our own cultures, is crazy to think about. 

Amphioxus

The Amphioxus also known as the Lancelet, is found in the shallow more temperate or tropical waters buried in the sand. These little sea creatures are actually used for food for humans and animals in Asia. This sea creature is a very important species to scientist and zoology because they allow them to study the origins of vertebrates. They are a starting point on how vertebrates have evolved and adapted over time.

My tomato Plant

The reason for the late post on my tomato plant is because my plant was having a long and good life, living out of the solo cup. However, sitting on my window sill, a prime location for optimum sunlight, saw its death sooner than it should have. Due to the opening of the window, removal of the screen (roommates doing), my tomato plant took a plunge and broke apart. it was a sad day because I am really into gardening. I actually have my own garden at home thats house's pull beans, cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers; so i was looking forward to having one of my hobbies come to life here at college. So by by tomato plant, we had a good run...

Macon Dog Park

Just down the road from mercer lies a a little park for the community and man's best friend. Here is a place that allows people to get outdoors and allow their dog to run, drink, do "their business," and meet new friends. These kind of places are very good for the community because it allows an impoverished or gang related area to become more watched by the neighborhood, and move its way into being more livable. Going through this park is an urban river that will make its way into the Ocumulgee river. An urban river can be a problem because there can be runoff from sewage that can pollute the environment around it. It was cool that they had a pecan tree in the park that i got to eat form, quite good in fact. After testing different parts of the urban river, first where the water as running from right under the bridge and farther down, we noticed there was a good amount of fecal bacteria. its probably from all the dogs...

Lake Erie

For me i am not much of a "lake" kinda guy. i am fortunate enough to live 6 minutes away from the ocean, so i don't really go to any lakes or rivers to enjoy the outdoors. so i guess i would say my favorite lake is lake erie, just because its close to NY and when i would visit cousins in dunkirk, we would go on the boat. i find it weird and funny that people use lakes like i use the beach. i couldn't imagine not having waves and the sand to hang out in. so here it is, reppin the NY lake erie......

Jackson Springs

When driving to Jackson Springs i got a chance to see a side of macon i never thought existed, nice house's. the drive was really nice down the main road, it was hilly and had a lot of color. Right from the beginning there was a nice little stream that had a nice stone bridge. we walked along the paved walkway and got a little bit of history of the land. as dr. rood discussed that there was a flood in the early 1990's and it was crazy to see the marker that was put down to indicate how high the water level came up. then we made our way down to the river and hoped on a big rock. we got to bang away at it to see the types of stone were around it.

Hitchiti Experimental Forest

After arriving just a little late from the rest of the group. Nate and I took a chance, chose a route, and hoped to catch up. it was only about 7 minutes until we saw the rest of the group and was relieved to have found them. The trail was pretty tight and narrow, definitely not a bike trail. It did not look like many people go down this trail either. We came across many differnt plant species and also got to see Dr. Rood attempt to be Tarzen and swing from a vine. When we arrived at the river, it was really cool to see the rock formations coming in and out of the river.i enjoyed the hike because the weather was perfect out. everyone had to hug a tree, i chose a tiny one, while some tried to out do everyone and pick the largest one in the area. apparently i learned that they burn some of the tress down every two years to help control the forest. i found that to be very interesting.   

Mega Floods

Oh no, this ain't good.For this lab we watched a movie on Mega Floods and how a glacier was the sole creator of making the scabs lands. When this large glacier melted, it burst because of pressure and stormed the Wyoming terrain and created some spectacular hills and pot holes that created some predicament on how the terrain was actually made. what i did like about the movie that i found interesting was how the man at the end has a job where he goes to the glacier and does tests on it to check if it is moving.    

Ocumulgee National Park

I think the coolest part of our little trail walk was going inside the Indian mound. I also liked going on top of one of the mounds because you got a great view of the landscape. The tour guide was very educational, it was interesting to find out that this site was a very important trading ground for the tribes who lived there back in the day. 

Blood Sugar Lab

Negative Feedback

Negative Feedback

Negative feedback occurs when the output of a system acts to oppose changes to the input of the system, with the result that the changes are attenuated. If the overall feedback of the system is negative, then the system will tend to be stable.

Macon Roots/Soil Lab

The Community Garden behind Centenary Methodist Church

In lab this week our class a community garden behind Centenary Methodist Church. This specific garden was built by a company called Macon Roots. (Macon Roots) This is a company that was started by a man named Mark Vanderhoek. This company has set up community gardens in urban areas all over Macon. These gardens help people to get more involved with growing their own food. These gardens face a lot of challenges when getting started. When starting these gardens the planters and planners have to deal with contaminated soil and come up with ways to either clean up the soil or use raised boxes to get around the contaminates. These contaminants can include things like lead from cars and old houses. In our lab we used several different tools to examine the soil in the area. We used a split spoon corer and dug a hole to look at the different soil layers. We also used sieves and a dichotomous key to determine what type of soil was in the area.

Soil Types Dichotomous Key

Soil Types

1. Gelisols
2. Histosols
3. Spodosols
4. Andisols
5. Oxisols
6. Vertisol
7. Aridisols
8. Ultisols
9. Mollisols
10. Alfisols
11. Inceptisols
12. Entisols

Some of the Plants and Trees that were on Campus that I liked most

Hydrangea



Holly tree









Aloe Plant






Angel's Trumpet

Ocmulgee River

Oculmugee River Macon,GA

My Happy Place

Napeague Beach in Amagansett New York

My Animal

African Penguin 

Three Maps

Isarithmic Map of the United States

Topographic map of India

Bathometric Map of the World