Evolution and classification Main article: Evolution of birds Archaeopteryx lithographica is often considered the oldest known bird The first classification of birds was developed by Francis Willughby and John Ray in their 1676 volume Ornithologiae.[5] Carolus Linnaeusmodified that work in 1758 to devise the taxonomic classification system currently in use.[6] Birds are categorised as the biological classAves in Linnaean taxonomy. Phylogenetic taxonomy places Aves in the dinosaur clade Theropoda
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said‚ “Faith is the great cop-out‚ the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.” What needs to be understood today is that many Christians have put on blinders to the world and the only answer they have for such proponents of evolution such as Mr. Dawkins is their faith and their faith alone. While faith is very important to the Christian it is also necessary that they are able to defend that same faith. The reason that you must be able to defend your faith is that Mr. Dawkins
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Human Evolution Human Evolution‚ the biological and cultural development of the species Homo sapiens‚ or human beings. A large number of fossil bones and teeth have been found at various places throughout Africa‚ Europe‚ and Asia. Tools of stone‚ bone‚ and wood‚ as well as fire hearths‚ campsites‚ and burials‚ also have been discovered and excavated. As a result of these discoveries‚ a picture of human evolution during the past 4 to 5 million years has emerged. Human Physical Traits Humans are
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Name Class Teacher March 15th‚ 2011 The Policy Effect of Three Mile Island Though we have had worries and issues on how to handle our power situation in the future‚ nuclear power has always been a sparkling prospect. It has been gleaming there just waiting to be tapped. After the bombs and destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the world started to explore other avenues to use the science and power of atoms and came to discover nuclear power. Although this technology seemed like a god
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Human evolution is the biological and cultural development of humans. A human is any member of the species Homo sapiens‚ meaning "wise man." Since at least the Upper Paleolithic era‚ some 40‚000 years ago‚ every human society has devised a creation myth to explain how humans came to be. Creation myths are based on cultural beliefs that have been adopted as a legitimate explanation by a society as to where we came from. The science of paleoanthropology‚ which also tries to create a narrative about
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Evolution of the Alligator Evolution of the Alligator One of the most highly evolved animals on the Earth today is the alligator. Found mainly in the swamps and warmer climates of the earth‚ these predators are one of the few animals left that existed when the dinosaurs roamed the planet. Over the millennia‚ they have evolved into one of the most feared and interesting creatures today. However‚ the modern alligator is a far cry from its ancestral roots. Today‚ by looking at the anatomy of
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intelligence is very difficult. Many theories have been posed as selective mechanisms for the trends toward increased intelligence in primate evolution. Some emphasize complex ecological pressures‚ mainly foraging strategies as the primary forces driving an evolutionary increases in cognitive abilities‚ and other suggest that increased social complexity favored the evolution of primate intelligence (Tomasello and Call‚ 1997). Across the animal kingdom‚ brain size increases with increasing body size‚ however
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Lab #5: Refraction of Light Theory: Refraction can be defined as the bending of a wave when it enters a medium which causes it to have some reduced speed. In terms of light‚ refraction occurs when the ray passes through some medium which slows its speed; such as water or glass. In this instance the ray tends to bend towards the normal of the medium. The amount of bending or refraction which occurs can be calculated using Snell’s Law (). Objective: To measure the index of refraction of Lucite
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“Radical Evolution” In Joel Garreau’s book “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds‚ Our Bodies- and What It Means to Be Human” Garreau discusses the concept “singularity” along with views from Vernon Vinge‚ Ray Kurzweil and others. Singularity is this drastic change that will take place during a period of accelerating change in particular with technology. “The Curve implies one of the all-time changes in the rules. Those who study it call it “The Singularity”. (p.67)
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Symbols of Evolution Symbols of Evolution Two billion years ago two prokaryotes bumped into each other and formed the first multi-cellular organism. 65 million years ago an asteroid hit the earth and dinosaurs became extinct. Three days ago‚ in your notebook‚ you drew a mess of squiggles which to you represented Jackson Pollock ’s painting‚ Number 1‚ 1948. You wrote the word entropy on the upper left hand corner of the page. On the bottom right hand side you wrote‚ Creativity is based
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