DISCOVERY OF FIRE The largest technological breakthrough in prehistory was the discovery of fire. The discovery of the technology to make and sustain fire. The discovery of fire‚ or‚ more precisely‚ the controlled use of fire was‚ of necessity‚ one of the earliest of human discoveries. Fire ’s purposes are multiple‚ some of which are to add light and heat‚ to cook plants and animals‚ to clear forests for planting‚ to heat-treat stone for making stone tools‚ to burn clay for ceramic objects. Until
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There was a time‚ many‚ many years ago‚ when rice was not known to our people. At that time our ancestors lived on fruits‚ vegetables‚ birds‚ and wild animals which they caught while hunting in the mountains or the forests. Tilling the soil was still unknown. And poultry and hog was not yet a part of their way of living. Because our people depended on the food which nature provided and not what they themselves grew or raised‚ their stay in one place was only temporary. When there was nothing more
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Bananas are said to be currently the world’s third most popular fruit and evidence shows could be the oldest cultivated crop (Langdon 18). The tropical fruit is believed to have originated and first domesticated in Southeast Asia estimated around 5000 BC (Langdon 18). Due to how difficult reproducing the seedless banana plant is‚ the distribution did not stray far from Southeast Asia for thousands of years in its existence. Apparently the first Europeans to learn about it were the Greeks under
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Crystal Jackson 2/21/12 Dance 6/7 pd. When being asked what would be taken from me if I could no longer dance I had to think for a while. I had to rearrange the question and ask myself “what does dance mean to you‚ and how does it affect you?” It honestly not something I think about much so it actually was a bit hard trying to put all the emotions that this prompt evoked in words. If I was no longer in a position where I could freely dance multiple things would be taken away from me. Initially
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a result of a globalized business environment‚ companies such as Shell operate in a number of international markets‚and consequently enounter various risks not normally attributed with domestic markets (Beck 1993). In developing countries such as Nigeria the regulatory frameworks may exist but are not adequatley enforced. Hence‚The intent of CSR activities performed by multinationals are not always well determined‚ And powerful multinationals such as Shell have emerged as the major players in this
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the demand sides of the labour market in Nigeria. On the supply side‚ there is the rapidly growing urban labour force arising from rural-urban migration. Rural-urban migration is usually explained in terms of push-pull factors. The push factors include the pressure resulting from man-land ratio in the rural areas‚ and the existence of serious underemployment arising from seasonal cycle of climate. The factors are further strengthened in Nigeria by lack of infrastructural facilities‚ which
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Title:The gummi bears Experiment Question : Will gummi bears lose weight in acidic water? Hypothesis : I think that gummy bears will not lose weight in acidic water. Materials: 9 gummi bears acidic water 3 cups timer water scale Procedure: 1. Im gonna get 3 cups and fill one with 40 ml of water‚ one with 40 ml acidic water and one with 20 ml of acidic water and 20 ml with water. 2. Next I’m gonna record the weight of each gummy bear. 3. Then
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rapidly expanding cities (or‚ as was often the case‚ a single main city)‚ the fabric of life in both urban and rural areas changed in massive‚ often unforeseen ways. With the largest and one of the most rapidly growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa‚ Nigeria has experienced the phenomenon of urbanization as thoroughly as any African nation‚ but its experience has also been unique--in scale‚ in pervasiveness‚ and in historical antecedents. Modern urbanization in most African countries has been dominated
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Nigeria is a country with device ethnic group and corrugated different political motive ranging from the individual perspective to the political parties. What is really wrong with Nigeria electioneering process is the wheel to be on power at all cost not minding the interest of the masses‚ every political party that is on power want to retain power for their selfish interest‚ while doing this‚ they map out strategies that will enable them to rig the election either by crook or hook‚ this things are
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1 Could a machine be conscious? This question is often dismissed as simple by those that would say “yes” in response. The usual claim made by the pro camp is that man is a ‘biological machine’ and is conscious‚ ergo‚ a machine is conscious. If we‚ humans‚ are truly biological machines and we are at the same time conscious then I would agree that yes‚ categorically‚ a machine could be conscious. But is it really that simple? I contend that it is a more difficult problem but not that it is a complicated
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