Evolution of Australian Biota A) Baragwanathia Baragwanthia fossils were first discovered in Yea‚ Victoria in 1875 and were first described as a lycopod which was derived from the Zosterophylls by Australia’s eminent pioneer botanist‚ Dr Isobel Cookson in 1935. The Fossils of Baragwanthia are believed to date back to the Silurian times. Baragwanthia had long pores which were roughly 1-2 millimetres in radius and is densely covered in leaves that are 4cm in length. The stems could be up
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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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Did humans actually evolve from monkeys? This is a common evolutionary myth that many people still believe in today. The real answer is “kind of.” Long ago when our planet Earth was still young‚ there lived an early humanoid species that similarly represented how monkeys and humans looked like. Eventually‚ the Earth’s environment transformed and climates changed accordingly. The early humanoid species changed and transformed in parallel with the Earth’s transformation. Some say this is the adaptation
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culture have ultimately shaped how bears have been perceived and what connotations are associated with them. Various articles‚ films‚ and other references from modern day provide ample evidence of how bears have been perceived and they show the evolution of their representations. Some examples are the documentary Grizzly Man‚ articles such as Teddy Bear: The Dearest‚ Nearest‚ and Scariest‚ Wildlife documentaries: from classical forms to reality TV‚ and ‘‘Hey‚ They’re Just Like Us!’’ Representations
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differs from the human skeleton in numerous ways. One of the most prominent differences between the Indri skeleton and human skeleton is the vestigial tail. Indri is the only lemur that has a short vestigial tail. Today‚ most humans do not have a vestigial tail. Although‚ in rare occasions‚ a human may be born with a short like tail structure at birth. All humans do have a coccyx. The coccyx is the remnants of the lost tail that humans once had. Jaw structure between the Indri and Human skeleton also
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language is uniquely human Language is one of the most important aspect in the life of all beings. We use language as a way to express are feelings and emotions‚ to communicate with each other‚ to make rules in the society and maintain the human culture. Language is not all about “speech” or “talking”‚ we cannot exclude symbols‚ gestures‚ and motions. Otherwise we would be discouraging the fact that the deaf community have a language. The idea that language is uniquely human can be supported by
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ARTICLES © 2007 Nature Publishing Group http://www.nature.com/naturegenetics Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe Sarah A Tishkoff1‚9‚ Floyd A Reed1‚9‚ Alessia Ranciaro1‚2‚ Benjamin F Voight3‚ Courtney C Babbitt4‚ Jesse S Silverman4‚ Kweli Powell1‚ Holly M Mortensen1‚ Jibril B Hirbo1‚ Maha Osman5‚ Muntaser Ibrahim5‚ Sabah A Omar6‚ Godfrey Lema7‚ Thomas B Nyambo7‚ Jilur Ghori8‚ Suzannah Bumpstead8‚ Jonathan K Pritchard3‚ Gregory A Wray4 & Panos Deloukas8
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The Evolution of the Boogle The name of our first Boogle is Bwamp. Bwamp lives in a vast swamp. He is a light green so he can camouflage in his environment. It is prey so it gets eaten by frogs. A special quality it poses is camouflage. Bwamp evolved because environmental changes. Gradualism happened to Bwamp because of environmental changes. From a swamp to a lake. After‚ Bwamp evolved into Bake. The name of our next Boogle is Bake. Bake lives in a lake. He is blue because of where he lives‚ the
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2270: East/West Synthesis April 27‚ 2014 Fact of Myth: First Human Existence in Africa One of the most substantial element about Africa is that human race might have originated from that location. If that is the case‚ then African history is one of the primary historical locations which needs to be studied thoroughly to know who we are. And in fact‚ some schools of thought regard Africa to be the origin of Homo sapiens (i.e. human) race. Yet‚ other scholars regard this idea to be baseless. Is
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Article Review on Why Humans‚ Like Ants‚ Need a Tribe A tribe defines a group of people as being structurally organised into a systematic way of thinking by some commonality shared within the group; and within every tribe‚ there are leaders who challenge the status quo. These leaders first need to be accepted by the society in order to be appointed for the purpose of making productive change by first gathering people who will agree to a stance in order to build on the proposed momentum. In Darwin’s
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