2006-09-14 11:02:28 · 11 answers · asked by Lorna F 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
At first people didn't have last names. They were simply John, the son of Bob, for example. It wasn't until after the dark ages,i think, that people took on last names.
2006-09-14 11:05:51 · answer #1 · answered by G W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When we had too many people in cities. When we were mostly an agrarian civilization, calling yourself say "Bob" was all right because there was only you and another Bob in the area. But when cities became more popular well...how many Bobs do you know? People started to be known by their job (Bob the Smith became Bob Smith) or where they came from (Leonardo from Vinci). This happened around the Renaissance in Europe.
2006-09-14 11:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution, that's the shortest answer. Why do Asians have their unique (and tasty) eyes? they have greater fat around the eyeball to guard the eyeball from the chilly. Why do Black human beings have darkish dermis? via fact Africa is warm with solid solar rays. greater melanin interior the floor = greater risk-free practices from the solar and darker dermis. additionally, Africans tend to be tall - not all, in spite of the undeniable fact that that's a generality. Why tall? via fact tall lithe bodies launch warmth greater quite than a short, stout physique does. Why do Eskimos have short stocky bodies? study above, that is via fact short stocky bodies carry in warmth greater valuable than tall skinny ones. Why carry out a little MidEasterners have longer noses? via fact the climate is amazingly arid, and the longer a nostril is, the greater valuable it could moisten the inhaled air. It additionally filters greater valuable. interior the MidEast there is airborne dirt and dirt interior the air, via Arabian and the Sahara deserts. believe me, i became there. The air is dusty, even nevertheless you won't be in a position to work out it. So, an prolonged nostril in that climate is greater valuable. Why do Caucasians have mild dermis? via fact in Western (esp. Northwestern) Europe, there is way less image voltaic. dermis gets diet D from image voltaic, so the lighter dermis makes it possible for a needed quicker absorption of solar rays, and subsequently diet D, in areas with much less solar. i will circulate on and on, yet you get the element.
2016-10-15 00:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erm the answer is we didnt come form adam and eve, religion is a brainwash, religion is the cause of all the major wars nowadays, if religion was real why doesnt "god" stop all this wrongdoing??? answer me that and i will think about converting from atheism
2006-09-14 11:04:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
And just what do you think Adam and Eve were surnamed?
2006-09-14 11:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Family names evolved from the work a person did, or made his livelihood from.
2006-09-14 11:10:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Family names originated more recently than you think.
2006-09-14 11:07:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Tower of Babel happened he spit up languages and races and also separtated the land. That is why.
2006-09-14 11:04:30 · answer #8 · answered by stickinthemud 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cause Adam couldnt make up his mind and kept canging his through deedpoll.. hence so many surnames
2006-09-14 11:04:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
because we come from one of the 12 tribes of israel....read the bible, you'll learn
2006-09-14 11:03:59 · answer #10 · answered by monique... 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋