therefore have an obligation not to cause them needless suffering. Singer denounces all forms of what he calls “speciesism” whereby human beings believe they can exploit animals merely because they do not belong to the species homo sapiens. Just because animals aren’t homo sapiens doesn’t mean they are not equal. They have hearts‚ they pump blood‚ they breathe and they create life‚ these are all qualities us humans
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common landmass of Pangaea. About 240 million years ago‚ continental drift pushed the landmass apart‚ allowing oceans to surround land much like our current geography. 2. Homo Sapiens—Modern humans‚ Homo sapiens‚ evolved in Africa at about 400‚000 BP; early humans‚ Homo erectus‚ appeared in Africa about two million years ago. Homo sapiens migrated to Africa‚ Europe‚ and Asia‚ but the geographic separation from North and South America prevented migration there. 3. Migration across Beringia—Two factors
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The role of religion in shaping civilization From the beginning of human race or Homo sapiens‚ they were run by curiosity. Human were started to live together but didn’t know what was right or wrong‚ used to do things whatever wanted like killing each other‚ mass adultery with inter and intra species‚ eating whatever wanted. So there were many questions‚ curious Homo sapiens all over the world didn’t know the answers. After 10‚000 BC by the invention of agriculture human race started to live together
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Within the field of archeology itself‚ it is often a spectacular event to find only a small piece of bone from our miraculous ancestors. We are able to learn so much about our past through these small yet very influential discoveries that have happened ever the last 100 years. However‚ as it was stated the finding of Australopithecus sediba has been one of the most important discoveries because of what we were able to learn and are still learning from it. It helped bridge some of the misunderstanding
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side Method: t-stat‚ compute p-value and reject or acceptReject at 5% sig level if |t| > 1..96 Binary Variables interpretation: IF var(u|X=x) is constant – that is if the conditional dist of u given X doesn’t depend on X then u is said to be homo ow hetero IF 3 assumption + homoskedastic u imply beta 1
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Appearances: They Say More About You Than You Think The term “homophobia” brings to mind individuals that hate those who are homosexual. Most of us aren’t ignorant to the fact that homophobia is a problem in America. These homophobic people call homosexuals “faggots” or “dykes” with no regard as to if these people are actually gay or not. We often believe this is as far as it is taken. Carmen Vazquez’s argument in her 1992 essay “Appearances”‚ slightly changes the definition of homophobia (Goodreads)
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Anthropology Science of human cultural and biological variation and evolution Study of human biological and cultural difference across space and time Anthropos: man (Greek) Logos: word (Greek) Naming: building a knowledge off “Study of Man” Human Diversity/Differences Rigorous explanation of being human appreciation of many things Overlap with other fields Economics: accumulate wealth v. giving away wealth Different perspectives Biological and Cultural Differences Important
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That Does Not Deserve to Live‚ Giorgio Agamben aims to expand on Michel Foucault’s concepts of ‘biopower’ and ‘biopolitics’‚ to express the way in which the state has power over society in the way that ‘bare life’ is produced. He uses the Latin term homo sacer – literally translated to ‘sacred man’ – to describe a life which can be “eliminated without punishment” ‚ one that possesses no value to the state and therefore can be terminated without the act being considered a crime. Examples of this can
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OUTLINE: Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology I- INTRODUCTION Anthropology is a holistic Science with five disciplines: 1- Socio-cultural anthropology: compare the human cultures and societies. 2- Linguistic and semiotic anthropology: focused on how language and other system of human communication contribute to reproduction‚ transmission and transformation of culture. 3- Archaeology: study of the material evidence of human activities in the past. 4- Medical anthropology: focuses on human
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Creationism v. Evolution: The Fight for the Right in Public Schools According to Yasmine Hafiz of the Huffington Post‚ around 42 percent of the population of the United States believes that God created humans in their present form within the past 10‚000 years and approximately 31 percent believe that humans evolved with God guiding the process (error of ± four percentage points). FUNNEL DOWN. In spite of the efforts to incorporate Creationism within public school science classes‚ evolution should
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