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    The primatologist, Jane Goodall was born on the 3rd of April, 1934 in London, United Kingdom. She was born to father, Herbert Goodall, who was a businessman and also had a strong passion for motor-racing and mother Margaret Myfanwe Joseph who was an author and wrote under the name of Vanne Morris Goodall. Jane Goodall grew up with only one sister named Judy. From an early age, Jane was mesmerized by watching animals and birds and how they interacted with one another. She would draw sketches and…

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    Jane Goodall Warns of Chinese Threat to Africa Few people on the planet understand the ecosystem of Africa like Jane Goodall. The 80-year-old primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist is best known for her work with chimpanzees in Tanzania. The former Dutch Baroness saw first hand what the colonial powers did to the African wildlife habitats. She spent the better part of her life fighting for those who did not have a voice to fight for themselves. Now, Goodall sees a resurgence of…

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    Denali National Park Essay

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    Denali National Park is best known for its highest peak, Denali, or “the high one”, that reaches 20,320 feet tall. Each summer, tourists flock to the park, jump on tour buses, and cruise along the roads in guided tours to sightsee. Each year, more than 400,000 people visit the park to hike, catch a glimpse of the highest peak, see animals, and much more. In 1917, after many efforts, many headed by naturalist Charles Sheldon, Denali National Park was created. The park holds many wonders, like the…

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    if it is not acted on now. Climate change can cause major issues that can destroy the desert terrain, like wildfires and an increase in drought. A statistic by Erika Spanger-Siegfried from the Union of Concerned Scientists states that “ Wildfires in the western United States have been increasing in frequency and duration since the mid-1980s, occurring nearly four…

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    Jane Goodall Jane Goodall’s study of the chimpanzees really impacted the way we think about different species. She has been so devoted to learning everything she possibly could about chimpanzees. She has lived with them for a couple years. Goodall didn’t have a perfect child hood she had some setbacks in her young life but that didn’t stop her to become a scientist and discover everything she has done. She has found out so many cool and important…

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    Carved into the sides of cliffs in Mesa Verde National Park are what has come to be known as Cliff Dwellings. However, a more appropriate name would be cliff houses in a cliff village. The rooms range from small storage areas to entire communities of intertwined living spaces sometimes carved into the sides of cliffs. The Cliff Dwellings are believed to have been built by the Ancestral Puebloans (“Cliff Dwellings”), aka Anasazi and Pueblo Indians. This shift in the name of these people…

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    Jane does not state her exact opinion about evolution, but she does imply it. Jane states that chimpanzees and humans are very similar. The chimp and human have a similar brain, behavior, and posture. Jane also poses the question of whether or not experimenting on chimpanzees is ethically okay. She says…

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    The land and rock-based history of Mesa Verde National Park represents diversity as much as the cultural history. Mesa Verde is located in Southwestern Colorado which is one of the four states that is included in the Colorado Plateau. It became a national park in 1906 in order to preserve and protect the famous cliff dwellings and artifacts. Beginning back in 550 A.D to 1300 A.D, Ancestral Puebloans came to realize the diversity of Mesa Verde National Park and used its landscape to create and…

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    It happened when I was taking a photo of the purple sky and two stretching lakes across the Bonney Pass in the Teton Mountains. I suddenly knew that this wonderful place had transformed me into a better person and a more confident woman. It took some courage to get to that place. Many months before, I had some fear and reluctance when submitting a lengthy application for a counsellor job at the Teton Valley Ranch Camp in Dubois, Wyoming. My stomach had that sinking feeling that I would be…

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    In contrast to the Greek’s wealth of myths but lack of evidence, in Anasazi communities in the American Southwest during the twelfth century CE there is direct evidence of cannibalism, but no myths containing the subject. This may be due to quickly evolving environments and situations as well as possibly feelings of fear associated with these changes. The Ute Lands Archaeological Project excavated three residential pithouses (features 3, 13, and 15) from Cowboy Wash in the Mesa Verde Region from…

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