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    2. Discuss the 3 primary causes of human variation. Which do you think has the greatest effect on human variation The Three primary causes of human Variation are Evolutionary Processes, the environment and culture. Evolutionary processes are influenced mainly by genetic diversity that varies between populations. The environment involves life experiences and how it differs amongst individuals, Culture emphasises on variations in belief systems and practise Genetic variation helps us…

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    Neanderthal Essay

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    This species migrated from Africa and had so happened to be the homo sapiens or in other terms humans. People had theories that humans hunted and killed every last one of the neanderthals but that was proven to be false as well. Homo sapiens outnumbered the neanderthals. It was a 10:1 ratio between homo sapiens and neanderthals. Another 10,000 years later the neanderthal population went extinct. Recent studies have shown that homo sapiens and neanderthals mated. Our species combined had an…

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    Essay On Fossils

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    “You have to know the past to understand the present.” Many people in everyday situations can relate to this quote by Carl Sagan, such as how you must know what water is to understand why there are hydroelectric dams. In the greater aspect of human existence though, the quote is said to hold even more certainty, because in all truth, the superannuated objects and organisms that archaeologists dig up is what has given the human race even a chance in coming to understand why this particular…

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    Piltdown Hoax The pre-sapiens hypothesis was developed by Henri Vallois. It is a theory that consists of two different and separate lineages; they are both in the Mid-Pleistocene. Some people believe that modern Homo sapiens have evolved from one lineage, the pre-sapiens. The Neanderthals which is part of the second lineage evolved into the European Neanderthal population who became extinct. The pre-sapiens hypothesis theory is mainly derived from European fossil record. The pre-sapiens…

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    Chimps Human Evolution

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    they're trying to overview the evolution of the oral gadget of the hominin clade and the impact it has on human evolution. while investigated it has been proven that there’s a decrease in the size of masticatory gadget in hominins, ancestors of Homo Sapiens, which was due to the adjustments in nutritional habits of the species. Differences among apes and human beings consist of dentition, cranium, brain, trunk, and teeth. The final commonplace ancestors of chimps/bonobos and hominins are like…

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    Religion: The Anunnaki

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    evolved Homo sapiens who had inhabited the planet before the Anunnaki. Blood types are not the only indication of the relation between humans and the Anunnaki, however, for races paint a clear picture. “Caucasoid, or the WHITE races, descend from the Anunnaki, including the Elohiym godhead” (Rh-Negative Registry). White races are said to look more like the Annunaki, given that they are more of the bloodline than any other race. “African or Negroid, the BLACK races, descend from the evolved Homo…

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    Lok Quotes Analysis

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    non-violent. Lok’s feeling of guilt in this scene indicates that his righteous trait is challenged because the Neanderthal clan is compelled to eat meat as there is limited food available. In contrast, however, most modern humans, including the Homo sapiens in this novel, do not even bother about eating any kinds of foods, including meat. Moreover, this quotation displays that the Neanderthal clan, including Lok, are very considerate and oppose animal violence, unlike the evolved species, who…

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    Analogous structures are structure similar between two or more species due to a similar environment and not because they have a common ancestor. Specie scientific name for horse: Homo Sapiens Case/specimen number:0-844 Specie scientific name for horse: Gorilla…

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    The first claim made in “Future Humans” is that humans are no longer evolving. Ian Tattersal believes that evolution only occurs in isolated populations: homo sapiens are now so vastly spread among the world, evolution has come to an end. He also believes the more time that passes the more homo sapiens will begin to look alike. This part of the article also discusses how natural selection is no longer applicable for humans. Natural selection is essentially “survival of the fittest”, and now…

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    Pathophysiology Outline

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    Our neocortex enjoins Homo domesticus to add to (1) fornication -> (a) marriage (2) play -> (b) losing -> (c) shame (3) feeding, storing -> (d) greed -> (e) hoarding (4) love, grooming-> (f) charity -> (g) mercy -> (h) heaven The sympathetic nervous system evolved for (5) sexual rivalry, territorial (6) fighting, (7) alliances and (8) competition, (9) ferocity and (10) violence, or (11) fleeing and (12) fearing or freezing and “playing possum.” The new cortex enjoins Homo…

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