1.) Were the North American megafauna wiped out by early human colonizers? The Overkill hypothesis is of the Clovis crossing into a “virgin continent” (The America’s) and wiped out the megafauna due to overhunting. First developed by Paul Martin in the 1960’s‚ Clovis started to occupy North and South America 13‚500-12‚500 years ago; soon after early sites were established 17 genera of North and South American megafauna went extinct between 13‚250-12‚900 (other species such as ground sloths become
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Maternal Care and Learned Foraging in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncates) Janalee Martin Behavioral Ecology Fall 2012 INTRODUCTION Maternal care is a major factor in juvenile development and studies dating back several decades have shown the impact of early life events on the development of behavioral responses to differences in maternal care (Francis and Meaney‚ 1999). Maternal separation causes acute stress in individuals resulting in them being extremely fearful in situations that
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John Bowlby was the first scientist to use the term attachment (Custance‚ 2012)‚ proposing a theory in the 1950’s to try and establish how and why attachment develops. Bowlby wanted to move away from the behaviourist approach that had gone before. Another influential name in the study of attachment was Mary Ainsworth who was member of John Bowlby’s research group in London at that time (Custance‚ 2012). After initial misgivings around Bowlby’s work‚ Ainsworth saw the relevance in mother/child
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Maternal Stress and the Effects on Childhood Development Lonna Larger Ohio University Maternal Stress and the Effects on Childhood Development In conducting my research on developmental studies‚ I had the chance to review many academic journals with many different studies. I chose to read‚ “The Role of Prenatal Maternal Stress in Child Development‚” by Janet A.DiPietro in the‚ Current Directions in Psychological Science journal. The title of the study itself does identify the independent and
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Maternal instinct‚ instinctively social? “Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out‚ about a century ago‚ that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent” –Barbara Ehrenreich Few women would admit that they have never thought about having a children. Furthermore‚ most women experience sooner or later a strong desire of procreation. There is something difficult to explain in the relationship a mother has with her
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However‚ maternal health care has dragged behind other health statistics (UNDP‚ 2015). Millennium Development Goal [MDG] six: improve maternal health will be discussed to explore the issues in the context of Ethiopia. With primary focus on maternal health‚ it will be argued that low rate of utilizing healthcare facilities with skilled healthcare providers affecting maternal health in Ethiopia. Several key factors which affecting healthcare
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Maternal Employment’s Effects on Children Ahlam Alkhuzai Eastern Michigan University Abstract During the last years‚ the rate of maternal employment has significantly increased. Thus‚ the mothers’ role in family has been affected. When working long time outside the house or dealing with work’s problems and pressures‚ mothers can be easily affected‚ which consequentially affects their children. This research paper explores the impacts of maternal employment on children of working mothers
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My Hypothesis is‚ Juno is used for scientific knowledge on the evolution Jupiter.On August 5th‚2011 was the first space mission done of orbiting Jupiter.What Juno expects to find is the essential qualities that earth has and . Juno has three solar panels that receive energy from the sun to power the spacecraft. Juno also got its name from the Romans. My goals are to determine just what Jupiter consists of by using the Juno Panel. What is the purpose of this mission? With the power of Juno we can
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those questions. It looks at the relationship between prenatal healthcare and cognitive ability of the child. This topic stems from recent studies on investments in female health (Bloom et al.‚ 2015) and literature surrounding the “fetal origins hypothesis‚” as popularized by David J Barker
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John Bowlby first introduced the theory of emotional attachment in the 1960’s when he conducted research on toddlers who were hospitalized for long periods of time due to chronic illnesses (Shaffer‚ 2009). In his observations he noticed how children slowly began to show signs of apathy and unresponsiveness to toys as well as other people and eventually showed indifference towards the presence and absence of their mothers (Shaffer‚ 2009). However the most concerning result of all this was the toddlers
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