Unit 3 - Evolution Notes Evolution involves change over time....from a biology standpoint evolution looks at how organisms change over long periods of time over many generations and hundreds of thousands of years. Source of Genetic Change Mutations are the source of genetic change * Neutral mutations - do not seem to benefit or harm the organism * Harmful mutations - negatively affect the life of organisms * Beneficial mutations - positively affect the life of organisms Artificial
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Belonging Additional Material ‘X-Men’ Originally created by Stan Lee (writer) and Jack Kirby (artist)‚ ‘X-Men’ is a graphic novel or comic book series that has spanned many decades. ‘X-Men’ first appeared in September 1963 and has since gained a large following and spread to multiple forms of media including film and TV. Published by Marvel comics‚ the series focuses on a group of ‘mutants’ who suffer a large amount of prejudice from the general population‚ finding salvation together in the
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the Social Brain Hypothesis as presented by Robin I.M. Dunbar. This hypothesis attempts to explain the cause in brain size evolution by attributing it to social relations and social changes happening in early human populations. Homo habilis‚ the first of our genus Homo who appeared 1.9 million years ago‚ saw a modest change in brain size‚ including an expansion of a language-connected part of the frontal lobe called Broca’s
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shaped by their location and experiences‚ as well as by other humans. Identity is represented in many ways through poetry‚ music‚ books‚ paintings and other mediums. Bruce Dawe represents the identity of two very different types of people in his poems "Homo Suburbiensis" and "Drifters" where he represents the identity of his subjects through more of a specific description of a certain set of people and not any person in particular in an informative tone ‚ while Dorothea Mackellar focuses more on her own
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The two films were entertaining to watch because one of the main character‚ Megan (Natasha Lyonne)‚ plays around with her sexuality with having a boyfriend and picturing girls boobs and butt. Yet‚ on the other hand‚ Jenna Hunterson (Keri Russell) plays around with the men she has in her life. Yet‚ both of these films show the sexuality of both of these women due to showing Megan’s affection for Graham and Jenna’s decision of not wanting to be with men. In other words‚ both of them are lesbian and
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Ant. 102 Study Guide Anthropology: the systematic and comparative study of humankind in all its cultural and biological diversity—past‚ present‚ and future. In short‚ anthropology is the study of all things human. Enculturation: The process of learning ones culture from those around us. Acculturation: learning from another culture (through the process of diffusion). Animism: A religious system based on the belief that every living thing possesses a spirit‚ or soul‚ that animates it.
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apologies‚ unfortualally he said offensive language towards Ben. He said that we had thrown Ben’s bag on the train tracks and punched him in the leg. Jonah said ‘f-you’ and ‘ranger’‚ which is a hyperbole. He eventually apologises‚ but he said ‘sorry homo’‚ symbolised that it’s a sarcasm
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such as Homo habilis (1.8 and 2.5 million years ago) and Homo erectus (1.8 million to 350 000 years ago) are possible direct ancestors of modern Homo sapiens‚ and lived in Kenya in the Pre-neolithic epoch. During excavations at Lake Turkana in 1984‚ paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey assisted by Kamoya Kimeu discovered the Turkana boy‚ a 1.6-million-year-old fossil belonging to Homo erectus. Homo erectus means the upright man and was believed to have a bigger brain (775-1250cc) than homo habilis
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experimentally observed spectrum can be interpreted as absorption of electromagnetic radiation by an electron as it is promoted from the HOMO to the LUMO‚ we can derive the following expression for the energy absorption E. E =h2 [2ni+ 1]/ (8mL²) (2) the absorption wavelength for the HOMO _ LUMO transition is
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Could ‘membership in the same species’ be the basis for moral rights? Suppose the human species splits‚ and homo canuckus emerges. Most members of canuckus are dumb‚ but the occasional canuckus is an Einstein and has the mental capacities of a 5 year-old human being. Does the fact that A is a member of your species mean that you should favor A over an Einstein specimen of homo canuckus? Q5: If individual animals have moral rights like all human beings‚ then is it permissible to eradicate
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