A.P. World History Guided Reading 1 "The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations” TERMS: Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship)
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The Aye-aye is one of the most interesting primates in the world. It is a very unique animal because it has a lot of traits that are specific unto itself. An example of the Aye-aye’s unique traits is that according to National Geographic “Aye-ayes are the only primates thought to use echolocation to find prey.” This is just one of the many unique characteristics that only the Aye-aye possesses. The Aye-aye is threatened by a lot of things that cannot merely decide to stop attacking it. They attack
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“People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes.” -Sheila McKechnie Agency is the capacity for human beings to make choices and act in the world. Free will‚ according to Wikipedia is “putative ability of agents to make choices free from certain kinds of constraints. Do Finkelstein’s informants have agency? I believe they do have agency‚ just because they do not have one specific place to call home‚ does not mean they are not capable of making choices and
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In every Biology class I have every taken I was always taught how the human body and behaviors somewhat resembled that of most modern primates. Early researches made huge discovers when studying these primates such as characteristics‚ the anatomy‚ and the social behavior that could be compared to humans today. However‚ no matter how many similarities you find between primates and humans there will always be differences. The man difference is that humans became more advanced then the modern ape which
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Reciprocity is an underlying principle expressed throughout Aboriginal societies. Outline and illustrate the importance of this fundamental concept in the economic‚ social‚ spiritual and political spheres of Aboriginal life (refer to reciprocity in the index to Edwards 2005). The word ‘reciprocity’1 conjures up a feel good image of ‘caring and sharing’ (Schwab 1995: 8). However according to Peterson (1993: 861) there is a darker more sinister side to this word when applied to Indigenous Australians
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Week Seven Notes: The Stepsirhines: Lemurs and Lorises Prosimians(Same thing as Stepsirhines): Lemurs‚ Lorises‚ Tarsiers: Most primitive of the primates Exhibit the fewest derived traits (as a group) of all primates Ancestral Characteristics (ie. Inherited from mammals) • Rely more on olfaction • Moist noise and long snout • Eyes slightly more lateral Classification of Prosimians: Lemurs‚ Lorises‚ and Tarsiers Order- primates Suborder: Strepsirhines (used to be Prosimians) • Means “wet-nosed”
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Their name translated in English means “People of Heaven” There is around seventeen to twenty two million people in this tribal group. The Zulu kingdom was established in the ninth century. A lot like in the United States the Zulu culture are horticulturalists. This means they live off of the land. They raise their livestock and grow their vegetable gardens to supply food for
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Diffusionism as an anthropological school of thought was an attempt to understand the nature of culture in terms of the origin of culture traits and their spread from one society to another. Diffusionism refers to the diffusion or transmission of cultural characteristics or traits from the common society to all other societies. The Biblical theory of human social origin was taken for granted in Renaissance thought (14th century-17th century). The role diffusion played in cultural diversity was acknowledged
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daughter of Augustus Lowell and Katherine Bigelow Lawrence. Both her mother and father were from New England aristocrats. Aristocrats are wealthy and prominent members of society. Her father‚ Augustus‚ was a businessman‚ civic leader‚ and horticulturalist. Lowell’s mother‚ Katherine‚ was an accomplished musician and linguist. Lowell was‚ although‚ considered as “almost disreputable‚” poets ran in the Lowell family. James Russell Lowell‚ a first cousin‚ and later Robert Lowell was one of the
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Qualitative Article:A Women ’s Place is in the Home: Females and Residential BurglaryThis article uses a qualitative research method. Qualitative research involves analyzing and interpreting texts and interviews in order to discover meaningful patterns descriptive of a particular phenomenon (Adler & Clarke‚ 2008‚ p.13.). The method has been adopted to investigate the research question. The research question is; what involvement do women have in residential burglaries. This research question is analysed
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