(I) Since their earliest presence on Earth, humans
have sought to make sense of their surroundings.
(II) Survival depended on understanding the behaviour
of a volcano, the flood cycles of a river, or the optimum
time to cross a mountain pass. (III) Humans developed
ways to record and pass on such information.
(IV) Modern science and information gathering have
given anthropologists more insight than ever
before. (V) As they ventured from their places of origin,
by land and by sea, people acquired a broader
perspective of Earth's processes and of the patterns and
impact of human settlement throughout the world.