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    Varna and Jati

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    1. What are the origins of the concepts of varna and jati‚ and why has the varna-jati system of social organization lasted so long? What social needs did they serve‚ and how are these social functions addressed in our culture?             During the Vedic Age of Indian civilization‚ it is believed that after the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization some of the kinship groups and patriarchal families migrated into India.  As some within the Aryas tribe (light-skinned) entered into the Ganges

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    Homo Habilis

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    Homo Habilis Hominids with a brain absolutely and relatively larger than that of the australopithecines appeared about 2.3 million years ago. These hominids are classified in our own genus: Homo. The earliest species to appear was the Homo Habilis. It was the first of our ancestors to show a significant increase in brain size and also the first to be found associated with stone tools. These characteristics resulted in this species’ placement into the human genus‚ Homo. Discovery The first fossil

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    homo eroticism

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    The Role Of Homo-eroticism In The Picture Of Dorian Gray The treatment of homo-eroticism as a theme in The Picture of Dorian Gray is a part of the aesthetic backdrop that structures and also helps to color the novel. It is also used as a way to challenge the hypocritically-prudish surface of the Victorian society. However‚ there is much more artistic and historical value to the use of this theme‚ such as the motif of aestheticism. The idea of homo-eroticism being a part of the Greek culture‚ and

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    "Homo erectus"

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    Homo erectus Homo erectus (upright man) is an extinct species of hominin that lived throughout most of the Pleistocene‚ with the earliest first fossil evidence dating to around 1.8 million years ago and the most recent to around 143‚000 years ago. The species originated in Africa and spread as far as England‚ Georgia‚ India‚ Sri Lanka‚ China and Java. The discussion about the size and the outer appearance‚ history of discovery and fossils‚ and the humanity‚ dispersal and the daily life of Homo

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    Homo sapiens

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    Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man") is the scientific name for the human species. Homo is the human genus‚ which also includes Neanderthals and many other extinct species of hominid; H. sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo. Modern humans are the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens‚ differentiated from their direct ancestor‚ Homo sapiens idaltu. Subspecies of H. sapiens include Homo sapiens idaltu and the only extant subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. Some sources show Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

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    Homo Islamicus

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    Self-Interest‚ Homo Islamicus and Some Behavioral Assumptions in Islamic Economics and Finance Mohammad Omar Farooq Associate Professor of Economics and Finance Upper Iowa University  September 2006 [Draft in progress: Feedback welcome] I. Introduction Homo economicus‚ the Economic Man‚ represents a rational human being formalized in certain social science models‚ especially in economics‚ who acts in self-interest to achieve in a goal-oriented manner. As John Kay puts it‚ "He is self interested

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    provided special coverage of winter storm Jonas‚ focusing on the overall aftermath of the storm. Since the snowstorm impacted the entire coast‚ it would be more effective to draw attention to one specific town. I would choose to concentrate a report on Dumont‚ NJ‚ a small town in northern New Jersey. Rather than covering the impact on the whole town‚ the news report would focus specifically on the school system’s method of cleaning up after the blizzard. With this angle in mind‚ the first person to speak

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    Homo Floresiensis

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    believe Homo floresiensis to be – a “one off” freak version of Homo erectus‚ a separate and very unique species‚ or something else . . . Homo floresiensis was a hominoid discovered in a cave called Liang Bua on an Indonesia island. She was examined to be from 17‚000 years ago and nicknamed “the Hobbit” because she was only around a meter tall even though she was an adult. What was more amazing about this hominoid was the small cranial capacity of 417 cc‚ much smaller than a typical early Homo and a

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    Homo Neanderthals

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    research on homo neanderthals Homo neanderthals * Species restricted to Europe‚ eastern Middle East during height of Ice Age * Evolved to be specifically cold-adapted: * Short and stocky body type * Large nose (nasal passages for warming air) * Barrel chest (also for warming air) * Long‚ low‚ thick skull but with large cranial capacity (close to modern humans) * Heavy brow ridge * Neanderthals’ teeth developed faster than their human cousins‚ new

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    Homo Erectus

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    physical characteristics found in Homo erectus show the progression of characteristics that has so far culminated at modern humans. These fossils showed an increase in cranial capacity to about 900 cm3‚ quite advanced when compared to the 500 - 800 cm3 shown in slightly earlier Homo. Homo erectus also showed a progression toward a larger body size‚ with an increase in height and weight. More specifically‚ the cranium of Homo erectus was distinctive from that of its ancestors due to projected brow

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