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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It appears more and more likely that homo sapiens live in a multiverse. Could the massive universe that people live in be just one of countless … Would it be viable that there’s a parallel universe somewhere out there with another version of an individual ‚ where everything happened exactly as it did in this one ‚ except one tiny thing was done differently ‚ and subsequently had a life turn out utterly diverse as a result? It’s an astonishing concept: that there’s a whole new dimension created for
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evolution of Homo habilis‚ whose brain was 50 percent larger than that of the australopithecines. 3. By 1 million years ago‚ Homo habilis and all of the australopithecines were extinct. They were replaced first by Homo erectus (1.7 million years ago) and then by Homo sapiens (400‚000 to 100‚000 years ago). Genetic evidence suggests that further development emerged around 50‚000 years ago providing the capacity for speech. C. Migrations from Africa 1. Both Homo erectus and Homo sapiens migrated
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Homo Sapiens sapiens‚ a scientific term given to human species. They are called so because they are the only surviving species of genus Homo. Humans are also considered as a most intelligent and social species‚ who tend to live within their society and make their society a better place to live. By their physical and mental power they dominate almost every other species on the planet earth. In order to be dominant‚they start killing other species and push most of them to extinction and left many
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to fit in the general scheme of human evolution‚ and yet they’re misfits. (Jurmain‚ Kilgore‚ Trevathan and Ciochon. p.367) In a way they are like us the modern Homo sapiens but yet are a very different species. But the real question that needs to be answered is “why the Neanderthals were considered a different species than the Homo sapiens and what made them go extinct?” The first Neanderthal remains were discovered in the year of 1856 in Germany. This discovery of a skullcap and partial skeleton
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“Home Floresiensis - The Hobbit” Homo floresiensis (“Man of Flores”) is the name for a possible new species in the genus Homo‚ remarkable for its small body‚ small brain‚ and survival until relatively recent times (www.en.wikipedia.org). Anthropologists Peter Brown of University of New England in South Wales‚ Australia‚ Michael Morwood and their colleagues have argued that a variety of features‚ both primitive and derived‚ identified LB1 (the first skeleton found in cave of Liang Bua) is
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of a new hominin species named Homo naledi that lived around 2 million years ago (Lecture‚ 4/14). In this paper I will assert the importance of the Homo naledi find in terms of its excavation process and its larger implications for hominin evolution. To support this statement I will explore the innovative technological methods Lee Berger and his team used throughout the research and excavation process and analyse the anatomical similarities and differences between Homo naledi and other hominins living
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Ecce Homo by Nietzsche is ironically a reflection of himself. It is extremely sarcastic and is a reflection of himself as a writer and philosopher in a self-deprecatory manner . The book is as though he is putting his life on trial to which the title alludes. The words "ecce homo" (behold‚ the man) were proclaimed by Pontius Pilate in the New Testament of the Bible when he gave up Jesus to the Jews to have them do what they liked with him. Likewise Nietzsche is giving himself up to his readers and
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Homo Aquaticus? I. Introduction When the human brain is compared with the brains of apes there are several obvious differences; the centers for the sense of smell and foot control are larger in apes than in humans‚ but the centers for hand control‚ airway control‚ vocalization‚ language and thought are larger in humans. In my paper‚ I will describe the most defined differences of brain size and centers between humans and their closest relatives‚ chimpanzees‚ to compare them
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Christopher Rhodes Dr. Frost Anthropology 3010 May 7‚ 2013 Homo Floresiensis; Pathological modern human or evolutionary offshoot? Upon initial discovery of the skeletons at Liang Bau cave on the island of Flores in Indonesia in 2003‚ these enigmatic skeletons were appropriately dubbed ‚”Hobbits” by Australian and Indonesian researchers because of their small stature and curious bone structure. The location of the skeletons themselves is interesting because of the remoteness of the island from
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