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    Evolution of man Man obviously shares a common ancestry with the modern apes‚ such as the gorilla and chimpanzee. We know this from the many characteristics that are shared between apes and man. Apart from obvious anatomical and behavioral similarities‚ the two groups also have many blood proteins and other biochemical characteristics in common. A comparison of the skulls of a gorilla and a modern man illustrate the main trends that have taken place in human evolution from an ape-like ancestry

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    January 2001 Explain the theory of Natural law (25 marks) The theory of natural law originates from Aristotle’s idea of goodness as fitness for purpose and stoic’s concept of a universal law of reason which is in agreement with nature. What we now call human nature. This point is then furthered by Aquinas who agrees with the argument but furthers it by linking it with his Christian belief by saying following this law is equivalent to following the command of God as human nature is in us inbuilt

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    Exploratory Paper What Role Evolution is playing in our behavior? Why Men Rape The question of why men rape still remains unresolved. One scientist saying that evolution can clearly explain this behavior while another trying to protect women’s rights and denied this theory. But problem is that do we need to believe to this evolution explanation. Nature has given men to engage in sexual contacts for unlimited number of times. Women have another privilege to carefully select a partner with

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    Ideology --- Two Nation Theory Sir Syed --- Quaid --- Iqbal Introduction: i) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: The man who spoke first the Muslims as a “nation” in the modern times was none other than Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. In 1867‚ he said: “I am convinced that both these nations will not join whole heartedly in anything. At present there is no open hostility between the two nations. But on accounts of so called educated people it will increase in the future.” Analyzing on the demand of Indian National Congress

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    of the most popular answers to this question is creationism‚ the idea that everything was created by a higher being. Another idea is evolution‚ the idea that all living organisms descended from a less complex organism. Up and coming in the last century‚ evolution possesses a new way of thinking that is being greatly accepted by the scientific community. Who or what really is our greatest of great ancestors? Most major religions and early groups of people have an answer to this common question. The

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    In this assignment I am going to answer the question ‘why is obesity increasing in childhood and what role can nurses play to manage it?’ I have formed this question after reading an extract from an article. “Diet and weight management” which was published in the Nursing Standard. (Kirk‚ S‚ 2003) Within the article the author states that “obesity in childhood is on the increase.” In researching this particular aspect of obesity I have conducted a literature search on the increase of obesity in childhood

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    This article is about evolution in biology. For other uses‚ see Evolution (disambiguation). Page semi-protected For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic‚ see Introduction to evolution. Part of a series on Evolutionary biology Diagrammatic representation of the divergence of modern taxonomic groups from their common ancestor. Key topics[show] Processes and outcomes[show] Natural history[show] History of evolutionary theory[show] Fields and applications[show]

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    Professor Stanley Wolpert‚ an American Indologist‚ writer and academic‚ who is considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on the political and intellectual history of modern India and Pakistan and author of the epic biography Jinnah of Pakistan states: “Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammed Ali Jinnah did all three.” Wolpert has also penned the biographies of

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    Humans in technology environment are not very free from natural selection. According to Charles Darwin‚ natural selection acts only for the good of each organism‚ so since our very first human ancestors had no natural defenses‚ they would die from what is considered today an insignificant disease. It was throughout millions of years‚ that the human body started to build an immunization to certain diseases and only the stronger humans were the ones to survive and carry on that trait. Likewise‚ having

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    Natural Selection for the Birds Purpose: To determine which birds with which beaks survive best in their environment depending on the type of food available. Question: What is the effect of the type of food available on the frequency of different types of bird beaks? Hypothesis: If the food type changes in the environment‚ then the amount of each type of bird beaks will change because birds with beaks more suited to the available food will be more successful over time. Variables:

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