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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Homo Habilis Hominids with a brain absolutely and relatively larger than that of the australopithecines appeared about 2.3 million years ago. These hominids are classified in our own genus: Homo. The earliest species to appear was the Homo Habilis. It was the first of our ancestors to show a significant increase in brain size and also the first to be found associated with stone tools. These characteristics resulted in this species’ placement into the human genus‚ Homo. Discovery The first fossil
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Self-Interest‚ Homo Islamicus and Some Behavioral Assumptions in Islamic Economics and Finance Mohammad Omar Farooq Associate Professor of Economics and Finance Upper Iowa University September 2006 [Draft in progress: Feedback welcome] I. Introduction Homo economicus‚ the Economic Man‚ represents a rational human being formalized in certain social science models‚ especially in economics‚ who acts in self-interest to achieve in a goal-oriented manner. As John Kay puts it‚ "He is self interested
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April 2014 Dawes Plan Historiography The repercussions of World War 1 developed into devastating reparations‚ primarily Germany to be held accountable for. The Dawes Plan was set to commence in 1924 in order to aid a depleted Germany from accumulated debt. Countless people perceived the plan to be the solution to Germanys economic decent‚ although on the other hand a number claimed it to only be prolonging the obligation. A plethora of authors involved in revealing the Dawes Plan are either
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research on homo neanderthals Homo neanderthals * Species restricted to Europe‚ eastern Middle East during height of Ice Age * Evolved to be specifically cold-adapted: * Short and stocky body type * Large nose (nasal passages for warming air) * Barrel chest (also for warming air) * Long‚ low‚ thick skull but with large cranial capacity (close to modern humans) * Heavy brow ridge * Neanderthals’ teeth developed faster than their human cousins‚ new
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B. Dawe -Enter without so much as knocking A.D. Hope - Australia Enter without so much as knocking by B.Dawe and Australia by A.D. Hope can be considered as very similar poems – they both tell about people’s nature‚ spiritual emptiness and lack of true values in the modern world of consumerism. The first poem refers to the whole population‚ criticizes the attitude‚ morality and lifestyle of the common person whereas in the poem of A.D. Hope the descriptions of empty land‚ which lacks the cultural
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physical characteristics found in Homo erectus show the progression of characteristics that has so far culminated at modern humans. These fossils showed an increase in cranial capacity to about 900 cm3‚ quite advanced when compared to the 500 - 800 cm3 shown in slightly earlier Homo. Homo erectus also showed a progression toward a larger body size‚ with an increase in height and weight. More specifically‚ the cranium of Homo erectus was distinctive from that of its ancestors due to projected brow
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believe Homo floresiensis to be – a “one off” freak version of Homo erectus‚ a separate and very unique species‚ or something else . . . Homo floresiensis was a hominoid discovered in a cave called Liang Bua on an Indonesia island. She was examined to be from 17‚000 years ago and nicknamed “the Hobbit” because she was only around a meter tall even though she was an adult. What was more amazing about this hominoid was the small cranial capacity of 417 cc‚ much smaller than a typical early Homo and a
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gigantic human forms develop. Homo Heidelbergensis Homo heidelbergensis lived in Europe and Western Asia from at least 600‚000-200‚000 years ago‚ and may date in Africa‚ as far back as 1.3 million years. Rhodesian or Broken Hill man‚ was a Zambian counterpart dated from 300‚000 to 125‚000 years ago. H. heidelbergensis lived in families‚ communicated successfully with language‚ and practiced burial rituals with red ocher. Their stone tools resembled the Achulean toolkit of Homo erectus‚ with large bifacial
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" Homo sapiens‚ a primate risen in Africa from a lineage that split away from the chimpanzee line five to eight million years ago" (501). In Wilson’s terms‚ Homo sapiens is the reason for earth’s change and composition. He asserts that no other species has ever come close to the human species of 5.5 billion‚ and furthermore believes that this vast number will likely double within the next 50 years. Wilson goes on to say that our species is like no other: "We are tribal and aggressively territorial
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