There is no direct evidence to suggest when exactly our early human – ‘hominin’ – ancestors stopped wandering around naked and started draping their bodies with animal furs and skins. Clothes do not fossilise, so anthropologists...
Category - Paper 2 Comprehension
GP PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #28 (‘KINDNESS’)
The story of evolution, we have been told, is the story of the survival of the fittest. The strong...
GP PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #27 (‘MODERN DIET’)
For most people across the world, life is getting better but diets are getting worse. This is the...
GP PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #26 (‘LIVEABLE CITIES’)
Cities are experiencing an accelerating pace of urbanisation and growing in complexity. The UN...
GP PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #25 (‘ECONOMIC...
One of the more memorable statements of Barack Obama’s presidency thus far has been his claim, in a...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #24 (‘Convenience’)
Convenience is the most underestimated and least understood force in the world today. As a driver...
GP PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #23 (‘MODERN IDENTITY’)
Don Morgenson writes about why the modern world is having an identity crisis. These are tough and...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #22 (‘ADVERTISING’)
We think we know who the enemies are: banks, big business, lobbyists, the politicians who exist to...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #21 (‘FEAR’)
Shades of scarlet have always been linked with danger and dominance, and interestingly, animal...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #20 (‘CITY LIVING’)
Do cities make us sick? A century ago, it went without saying that they did. With their teeming...