How are the young people in DNA affected by the crimes they commit? How does Kelly show the ways they are affected? [30 marks] DNA is a contemporary play dealing with the modern issues faced by youths. The group in the play is portrayed as alienated and cut off from society other than their immediate surroundings. Though there is no definite place or time it is clearly contemporary through the speech and references made by other characters. In the play DNA Dennis Kelly shows the different ways
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The blank slate‚ written by Steven Pinker; an experimental psychologist and cognitive scientist‚ examines the ideas behind the ongoing debate regarding human nature and the theories of nature and nurture. The book begins with and in depth outline of the three doctrines of the nurture debate‚ the first being “The blank slate” which asserts that individuals are “born void of all characters without any ideas” as stated by John Locke (1632-1704) and that behavior is learnt from society and those around
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forest‚ savannas and swamps the Congo has many unique animals that reside there. According to (World Wildlife) “There are 10‚000 species of tropical plants in the Congo and 30% are unique to the region‚ the Congo is home to elephants‚ chimpanzees‚ bonobos‚ and lowlands and mountain gorillas inhabit the lush forests‚ 400 other species of mammals‚ 1‚000 species of birds and 700 species of fish. The Congo Basin has been inhabited by humans for more than 50‚000 years and it provides food‚ fresh water and
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Surviving in Africa Film Summary Three million years ago in Africa‚ early hominids walked around upright. What we know about them is minimal and teams of archaeologists spend their lives searching for clues that might help us to better understand their ways of life. Don Johanson‚ a well-known archaeologist‚ and his team spent many years in Africa in the early 70s searching for remains left behind by our early ancestors. In 1974 Don discovered a bipedal skeleton that was about one third
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groups of the primate evolutionary tree. Besides similarities in anatomy and behavior‚ our close biological kinship with other primate species is indicated by DNA evidence. It confirms that our closest living biological relatives are chimpanzees and bonobos‚ with whom we share many traits” (Average Cranium). As stated in the article “Genesis and the Genome‚” homology is explained
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Their diet consists of fruits‚ leaves‚ fish and insects. Little is known about their reproduction but it is said that females bear young for three months and they are mature after three to five years. Common predators include raptors‚ snakes‚ and bonobo‚ however‚ swamp monkeys can dive into water to avoid them. Swamp
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Forty reasons why we need animals in research These points have been drawn up to provide an accessible resource for anybody discussing animals in research. We are happy to take your suggestions to add to our list. General points Animal research has played a vital part in nearly every medical breakthrough over the last decade. Nearly every Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine since 1901 has relied on animal data for their research. We share 95% of our genes with a mouse
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Our planet is like a ticking bomb of contamination. We do not see the harm we are doing to ourselves and most importantly to our planet by polluting our air‚ burning fossil fuels‚ and clearing out forest. Climate change is responsible for 300‚000 deaths and garbage pollution accumulates to more than 4 billion tons worldwide‚ and why are we not doing anything against it? Is our planet not worth conserving it? It is shameful to see trash flowing around in rivers and streams‚ wrappers thrown out of
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Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man") is the scientific name for the human species. Homo is the human genus‚ which also includes Neanderthals and many other extinct species of hominid; H. sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo. Modern humans are the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens‚ differentiated from their direct ancestor‚ Homo sapiens idaltu. Subspecies of H. sapiens include Homo sapiens idaltu and the only extant subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. Some sources show Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
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Similarities Between Humans and Animals It has been thought in the past that humans and animals were smarter and more dominant and were different because of it. Scientist believed that human intelligence was far greater than that of an animal‚ but recent studies and test have shown that animals are smarter than we perceive them to be. Recently‚ it has been proven that certain animals are capable of showing different emotions and personalities that a human would; other animals are able to make logical
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