Anthropology (from the Greek word ἄνθρωπος‚ "human" or "person") consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). The discipline is a holistic study‚ concerned with all humans‚ at all times‚ in all humanity’s dimensions. Anthropology is traditionally distinguished from other disciplines by its emphasis on cultural relativity‚ in-depth examination of context‚ and cross-cultural comparisons. Anthropology is methodologically diverse‚ using both qualitative and quantitative methods‚ such as firsthand
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2.) A Brief List of 21 Animal Phyla A. Invertebrate Phyla Parazoa: Simple animals without a digestive cavity. 1. Phylum Porifera (Sponges) Simple multicellular animals that spend their lives anchored to a rock or ocean bottom; they are mostly marine but some species live in fresh water; sponges have radial symmetry with a cylindrical‚ globose or irregular body containing an internal skeleton of minute spicules made of calcium carbonate‚ silica‚ or a fibrous collagen protein called spongin; the
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Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period Nicole Jones Park University Abstract This paper examines the Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period. The paper considers the holistic view of the Jurassic period in addition to the Dinosaurs that roamed the Earth during this period. Finally‚ historical consideration evidence leading to the demise or disappearance of the dinosaurs. Analysis is based upon research conducted from ten academic reference sites. The paper provides an understanding of the different species
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Chapter 1 - Finding Your Inner Fish 1. Explain why the author and his colleagues chose to focus on 375 million year old rocks in their search for fossils. Be sure to include the types of rocks and their location during their paleontology work in 2004. The author and his colleagues specifically chose to focus on 375 million year old rocks in their search for fossils because this was the time frame that provided fish that would be useful to study from. The 385 million year old rocks provided fish
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1. Before you read‚ decide which of three explanations for the extinction of the dinosaurs you like best. Write an explanation of why you like it. Sex: Testes function only in a narrow range of temperature. (Those of mammals hang externally in a scrotal sac because internal body temperatures are too high for their proper function.) A worldwide rise in temperature at the close of the Cretaceous period caused the testes of dinosaurs to stop functioning and led to their extinction by sterilization
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Addis Ababa The site of Addis Ababa was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in 1886 by her husband‚ Emperor Menelik II. The name of the city Addis Ababa (ኣዲስ ኣበባ) was taken from parts of the city called hora Finfinnee ("hot springs") in Oromo[citation needed]. Another Oromo name of the city is Sheger. Menelik‚ as initially a King of the Shewa province‚ had found Mount Entoto a useful base for military operations in the south of his realm‚ and in 1879 visited the reputed ruins
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GATE 2011 Syllabus for Biotechnology Linear Algebra: Matrices and determinants‚ Systems of linear equations‚ Eigen values and Eigen vectors. Calculus: Limit‚ continuity and differentiability‚ Partial derivatives‚ Maxima and minima‚ Sequences and series‚ Test for convergence‚ Fourier Series. Differential Equations: Linear and nonlinear first order ODEs‚ higher order ODEs with constant coefficients‚ Cauchy’s and Euler’s equations‚ Laplace transforms‚ PDE- Laplace‚ heat and wave equations.
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Anthropology Science of human cultural and biological variation and evolution Study of human biological and cultural difference across space and time Anthropos: man (Greek) Logos: word (Greek) Naming: building a knowledge off “Study of Man” Human Diversity/Differences Rigorous explanation of being human appreciation of many things Overlap with other fields Economics: accumulate wealth v. giving away wealth Different perspectives Biological and Cultural Differences Important
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Station 1. Fish Diversity Classification of the Major Taxa of Fish ! Phylum Chordata ! Subphylum Vertebrata ! Supraclass Agnatha ! Order Osteostraci ! Order Anaspida ! Order Heterostraci ! Order Coelolepida ! Order Cyclostomata ! Class Myxinoidea ! Class Petromyzontida ! Class Placodermi ! Order Arthrodiriformes ! Order Antiarchiformes ! Supraclass Gnathostomata ! Class Chondrichthyes ! Subclass Elasmobranchii ! Order Cladoselachiformes ! Order Xenacanthiformes ! Order Selachii ! Order Batoidea
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Earth Sciences History‚ 2013‚ 32:1‚ front cover. First geological map of the Province of Moscow by Fischer von Waldheim (1830-1837) _________ Membership in the History of the Earth Sciences Society (HESS) offers opportunities to interact and exchange ideas with others interested in the history of the geosciences‚ whether scientists or historians‚ and a subscription to Earth Sciences History (ESH)‚ the international journal for the history of the geosciences. Current and lapsed HESS members:
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