Q1. The research team established similar lymphocyte cultures from a number of human donors, including healthy teenagers of both genders, patients already suffering from long-term bacterial infections, and elderly volunteers. They found that the increase in lymphocyte incorporation after pathogen introduction was slightly lower in some of the women teenagers and significantly lower in each of the elderly persons. They repeated the study with a larger number of samples but got the same results. What may be among their conclusions?

Q2. Write down a paper summarizing and applying theories of myth to selected creation myths. Myth & Knowing discusses a variety of theoretical approaches scholars use to better understand mythology. Choose three of those theories and summarize them in your own words. Then, compare two creation myths using the theories you summarized to clarify how each creation myth functions in the culture in which it is a part. Wrap up your essay by reflecting on these theories to help describe the cultural function of myths in general.