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    The Gebusi Tribe

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    The Gebusi In the rugged and tropical island of Papua New Guinea‚ lived an extraordinary group of people called‚ The Gebusi. In the 1980’s‚ The Gebusi tribe was anything but modern and acculturated. The Gebusi had their own individual and unique rituals and traditions that they practiced and followed. The Gebusi tribe participated in ritual homosexuality‚ sorcery and/or witchcraft was highly regarded and practiced‚ and they participated in preferential sister-exchange marriages. By 1998-99‚

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    The Real Eve

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    generation to generation‚ supplying the “chemical energy” to us‚ humankind. From the documentary‚ I got to know her better as the Mitochondrial Eve – the most recent common ancestor of all of us humans in the matrilineal (mother to daughter) line of descent. In other words‚ the Real Eve is the woman from whom all of us living humans today descend‚ on our mother’s side‚ and through the mothers of our mothers‚ and so on‚ back until all female lineages converge. Important genetic markers‚ along with reasonable

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    Reactions to “Black Rook in Rainy Weather” by Sylvia Plath I an infrequently lost for words. I like to think of myself as quite an eloquent and articulate speaker and writer‚ but there are times when I feel neither. It is ironic that the very subject of this poem‚ a lack of words‚ or rather a lack of inspiration‚ is exactly what is holding me back from writing the things I would like to write. Although I know how this poem makes me feel and I know the emotions it conveys‚ I cannot bring myself

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    Was Darwin Wrong Analysis

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    and Quammen quoted the “very soul” of natural history‚ is the one that provides the basis for the other three. This one is based on the idea that creatures they look the same because they evolved from a common ancestor through a process called “ descent with modification”. From this category‚ Quammen cites as the principal evidence: the antibiotic resistance. He states that “there’s no better or more immediate evidence supporting the Darwinian theory that this process of forced transformation among

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    Physiological Adaptations of the Plesiosaur for ‘Holding its Breath’ By Nathan Eaton One hundred and fifty million years ago‚ large aquatic species of reptile such as the Plesiosaur dominated the ocean‚ and were pre-eminent predators of the sea. The branch of now extinct Plesiosaurs‚ or ‘near lizards’‚ evolved into variant closely related species specialised to take different niches in the food chain. Such species of Plesiosaur include the phenotypically similar Plesiosauroid and Pliosauroid

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    preceding stipulations are well founded. However‚ could the regulatory groups and manufacturers have overlooked a number of critical elements associated with forklift design and ownership‚ which could either cause‚ or contribute to‚ the uncontrolled descent of a forklift’s lift or tilt mechanisms while the mast is elevated? 1. From a design point of view forklifts compared to aerial platforms are like “apples compared to oranges!” - The fundamental purpose of a forklift is to transport cargo with

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    Dante’s descent into Hell in Inferno‚ the first part of his Divine Comedy‚ tells of the author’s experiences in Hades as he is guided through the abyss by the Roman author‚ Virgil. The text is broken into cantos that coincide with the different circles and sub-circles of Hell that Dante and Virgil witness and experience. Inferno is heavily influenced by classic Greek and Roman texts and Dante makes references to a myriad of characters‚ myths‚ and legends that take place in Virgil’s Aeneid‚ Homer’s

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    opposite sex outside of their families then women. With the regulation of women being virgins at marriage‚ the men did not have to be which meant they were allowed to be with any female they wanted to until they fell in love. The females’ line of descent also ended when they got married since the husbands took over even if the female was royal or noble. With these distinctions the patriarchal society was prominent in their

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    Thesis Paper

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    1. Rationale of the study Our new technology the energy transfer wherein energy can be transferred from a source to a load via coupled magnetic resonance in the non radiative near field that can be used in some equipment that used in some electric energy as a source like the electric vehicles (EVs). We can use this energy transfer as a charger to EVs by microwave beams and laser beams to realize the remote energy supply using directional antenna. However when there is a obstruction in the path

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    Diversity And Society

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    has lead us to continue treating those of darker skin colors differently than those of Caucasian decent and therefore leading to inequality. The unequal treatment of those from African American or Latino descent has lead to the creation of minority groups. People of Native American and Asian descent are also considered to be part of the minority group for racial and ethnic groups. Minority groups not only include people of different races‚ but also people of different religions‚ culture and even include

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