Chapter 34 Vertebrates PowerPoint® Lecture Presentations for Biology Eighth Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero‚ updated by Erin Barley with contributions from Joan Sharp Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Key Ideas 1. List the derived traits for: chordates‚ craniates‚ vertebrates‚ gnathostomes‚ tetrapods‚ amniotes‚ birds‚ mammals‚ primates‚ humans 2. Explain what Haikouella and Myllokunmingia tell us about
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Central Congo Basin Moist Forests “The Congo Basin makes up one of the most important wilderness areas left on Earth. At 500 million acres‚ it is larger than the state of Alaska and stands as the world’s second largest tropical forest” (Congo Basin). The Amazon is the only moist tropical forest that is bigger than the Congo Basin moist forest. The Congo Basin moist forest is four times the size of France and contains about one fourth of the closed canopy forest left on Earth (Managing Congo Basin
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Nature vs Nurture Nature vs. Nurture The etiology of homosexuality has been debated throughout the years by many different organizations. “Sexual orientation refers to a dispositional sexual attraction towards persons of the opposite sex or same sex” (Rahman‚ 2005‚ p. 1057). Many homosexuals are elated to find that genetics is at least partly a source of sexual orientation. On the other hand many do not want the specific genes to be found for fear that they will be used to eliminate homosexuality
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Review TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences Vol.9 No.5 May 2005 Evolution of the brain and intelligence Gerhard Roth1‚2 and Ursula Dicke2 1 2 Hanse Institute for Advanced Study‚ D-27753 Delmenhorst‚ Germany Brain Research Institute‚ University of Bremen‚ D-28334 Bremen‚ Germany Intelligence has evolved many times independently among vertebrates. Primates‚ elephants and cetaceans are assumed to be more intelligent than ‘lower’ mammals‚ the great apes and humans more than monkeys‚ and humans more than
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Wild Animal Profiles African Elephant | Mammal. The largest living land mammal‚ the African elephant weighs 3500 to 7000 kilograms (3.5 to 7 tons) and stands 3.4 meters (11 feet) high. The elephant’s remarkable trunk serves variously as a nose‚ arm‚ hand‚ foot and multi-purpose tool. The trunk is strong enough to uproot a tree and delicate enough to pick berries‚ and it enables the elephant to reach as high as 7 meters (23 feet). Humans can hear only 20% of the vocal sounds an elephant makes;
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tree of life‚ then answer the following questions. The genetic evidence suggests 2. Based on genetic evidence‚ humans are most closely related to which two species? ____________________ that humans are most closely related to the chimpanzee and the bonobo. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Are humans more closely related to gorillas or orangutans? State the evidence. _______________________ We are more closely related to gorillas than orangutans
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OPEN Forum Growth Guide: The Art of Getting Customers Guy Kawasaki STRICTLY BICYCLES NELSON AND JOANNA GUTIERREZ MEMBER SINCE 01 OPEN Forum: The Art of Getting Customers 1 As any business owner can tell you‚ acquiring new customers is the driving force behind successfully growing a company. Thirty-five years ago‚ I started in the fine-jewelry busines‚ schlepping rings and pendants around the world. Since then‚ I’ve won customers across the spectrum‚ working with some of the most well-known
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What other theories are there about the origin of man aside from religious Creationism and the theory of evolution? In: Christianity |[Edit] | |Answer There is the Raelian theory that mankind was genetically engineered by space aliens. Wikipedia: Panspermia Panspermia is the hypothesis that "seeds" of life exist already in the Universe‚ that life on Earth may have originated through these "seeds"‚ and that they may deliver or have delivered life to other habitable bodies. Wikipedia:
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Human Origins Exam 2: Lecture Notes E.B. Tylor (1832-1917) Founding father of anthropology Founder of British anthropology Approach = arm chair anthropology Did most of his studies at Oxford Primitive Culture (book) Uniformitaranism Thinks people around the world have the same brain (mind) Survivals Example: Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe (still here and happening from past) Aborigines Tahitians Aztecs Chinese Italians Lewis H. Morgan (1818-1881) Starts in New York as a lawyer then enters
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(NATALIE) For the bubbleheaded young Narcissus of myth‚ the mirror spun a fatal fantasy‚ and the beautiful boy chose to die by the side of a reflecting pond rather than leave his “beloved” behind. For the aging narcissist of Shakespeare’s 62nd sonnet‚ the mirror delivered a much-needed whack to his vanity‚ the sight of a face “beated and chopp’d with tann’d antiquity” underscoring the limits of self-love. Whether made of highly polished metal or of glass with a coating of metal on the back‚ mirrors
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