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    concept map to define and describe the characteristics of the Kingdom Protista. (10 marks)    3. Use the table below to relate the structural adaptations of 3 different Protists to their diverse roles in food chains and locomotion. (5 marks) |Attribute |Example |Structural Adaptation |Food Chain Role | |A. Food acquisition |Amoeba |An amoeba often has

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    COM5407.E1 Nonverbal Communication Amberton University 1. Discuss how emotions are expressed through facial expressions. Emotion is one of the most controversial topics in psychology‚ a source of intense discussion and disagreement from the earliest philosophers and other thinkers to the present day. Most psychologists can probably agree on a description of emotion or what phenomena to include in a discussion of emotion. The list of these parts of emotion is

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    Johanson‚ D. – Academy of Achievement Photo Credit‚ Academy of Achievement Main Menu Web. Accessed November 16‚ 2012 http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/photocredit/achievers/joh1-026 Jungers‚ W. L. 1982. Lucy’s limbs: skeletal allometry and locomotion in Australopthecus afarensis. Nature 297: 676 – 678 Lewis‚ B.‚ Jurmain‚ R. and Kilgore‚ L. 2010. Understanding Humans: Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology. Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Raichlen‚ D. A.‚ Gordon‚ A. D.‚ Harcourt-Smith

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    to studies of the morphology‚ ecology‚ and behavior of human and non-human primates. Natural Selection: Nature selecting traits that a certain species will have. Mutation: something that makes someone different from another person. Genetic Drift: movement of genetic material from one population to another. Gene Flow: Primatology (study of non-human primates) primate anatomy‚ field studies of wild animals‚ primate psychology‚ etc. Paleoanthropology Human Variation spatial and temporal

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    characteristics associated with cell structure and movement of these one-celled organisms. We found that Protists exhibit certain characteristics that allow them to be categorized into different groups‚ mainly determined by their locomotion patterns. Despite differences in locomotion and the varying plant-like and animal-like organelles‚ all protists share key characteristics and functions that allow them to feed‚ grow‚ and reproduce--processes essential for survival and common to complex organisms. Introduction

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    Currently‚ three kinds of primates reside at Manila Zoo‚ namely‚ Philippine monkey‚ Celebes black ape‚ and Japanese red-faced macaque (J. Pedron‚ personal communication‚ March 16‚ 2016). On the other hand‚ Ark Avilon Zoo houses two kinds of primates: Orangutan and Java gibbon (N. Rafael‚ personal communication‚ March 19‚ 2016). According to Pedron‚ the zoo obtained the primates through donation and trade. Most of the Philippine monkeys found in Manila Zoo were given by the owners who obtained the

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    Primatology is the study of non-human primates and I find it the most interesting of the four subfields. The study of Primatology focuses on the biological and psychological aspects of non-human primates. Also it looks at the similarities shared between humans and primates. Primatologists focus on studying and conducting research on primates in three main ways; field study‚ laboratory study‚ and through captivity. In captivity‚ they try to replicate natural primate habitat in a controlled captive setting

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    strategy is characterized by lower quantity of offsprings‚ more care for offsprings‚ longer maturation stage and long lived. Though our evolutionary relatives‚ the chimps‚ are facultative bipeds and can carry food in their hands while using biped locomotion for a short period of time‚ it is very energy consuming. It’s very energy consuming for them because they lacked the pelvic and lower body structure to walk energy efficiently that is present in hominoids with obligated bipedalism. Lovejoy’s hypothesis

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    upenn.edu/courses/Spring_2001/ling001/origins.html‚ accessed October 15‚ 2005. http://www.ecoatao.com/holism/huevo/body_index.html‚ accessed October 15‚ 2005 Foley‚ Jim 1995 Fossil Hominids. Electronic Document‚ http://www.snowcrest.net/ goehring/a2/primates/fossils.htm accessed October 16‚ 2005 Electronic Document‚ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-04/uoia- oob043002.php‚ accessed September 29‚ 2005. Macevoy‚ Bruce Macevoy‚ Bruce 1999 Hominid Tools. Electronic Document‚ http://www.handprint

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    Compare and contrast Oligochaetes and Caecilians Oligochaetas are earthworms which belongs to phylum Annelida while Caecilians are amphibians that look like earthworm or snakes belonging to phylum Chordata order Apoda and both have similar appearances. Both classes belongs to Eumetazoa having similar characteristics like organ system level of organization‚ increased cephalisation ‚ bilaterally symmetry‚ triploblastic tissue development and coelomate development. The difference is that Oligochaeta

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