Marsupial Migration and Speciation Between New Guinea and Australia along the Torres Strait Abstract The strait of Torres represents a submerged land bridge separating New Guinea and Australia that opens during periods of glaciation. The flow of genes and migrations occurring in this region during these periods are hypothesized to inhibit speciation in regions directly adjacent in the to strait of Torres. A comparison of four species‚ three endemic to New Guinea: Dasyurus spartacus‚ Planigale
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What are some of the key issues teachers need to consider for working successfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students? Introduction Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students requires a number of strategies and ideas which the teacher needs to keep in mind at all times. Teaching Aboriginal students requires sensitivity for their needs and knowledge about Aboriginal cultural conventions. An example of being wary of their needs is understanding the lack of eye contact
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Portugal. They competed to find new trade routes and resources. Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 in Portugal‚ and was raised in a noble family. He served King Manuel I by establishing Portugal’s influence in India‚ but they had a falling out so he went to Spain. Spanish King Charles I funded his expedition of finding a commercial route to the Spice Islands by sailing west. The expedition began in 1519‚ but Magellan did not survive it. However‚ Antonio Pigafetta‚ Magellan’s secretary‚ survived
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Reading Journal: A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance – Portrait of an Age. Medieval Mind Summaries P.7: The Dark Ages brought war‚ famine‚ high crime‚ and widespread ignorance to the once thriving Roman Empire. P.8: Civil wars were waged across the Roman Empire to quell different interpretations on Catholicism. P.9: The pious Saint Augustine orchestrated one of the first Great Works that set the foundations to the Medieval Mind. The “Decivitate Dei” was created
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Migration Theory – Henry Otley Beyer (American Anthropology) According to social scientist Henry Otley Beyer believes that Filipinos descended from different groups that came from Southeast Asia in successive waves of migration. Each group had a distinct culture‚ with its own customs and traditions. • The first migrants were what Beyer caked the “Dawnmen” (or “cavemen” because they lived in caves.). The Dawnmen resembled Java Man‚ Peking Man‚ and other Asian Home sapiens who existed about
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MAGELLAN’S EXPEDITION WHO: Ferdinand Magellan‚ a Portuguese maritime explorer‚ was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe and cross the Pacific Ocean on his famous voyage in search of a westward route to the Moluccas (now Melaka). This is one of the greatest Portuguese explorers to ever sail the ocean. Ferdinand Magellan was born in about 1480 in Sabrosa of a noble family‚ and he spent his years as a court page. He ran errands and helped out with general chores but he was still looking for
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ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve
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lines of latitude and longitude intersect each other (coordinates) * 4 landforms: 1. mountains 2. hills 3. plains 4. plateaus * prime meridian- 0 degrees longitude * equator- 0 degrees latitude Chapter 2: * The Bering Strait covers what was once a land bridge called Beringia which connected Alaska to northeastern Asia. Large herds of animals wondered across the land bridge in search of grazing land and hunters followed them/ * The mound builders were the Adena‚ The
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The Renaissance‚ the revival of classical art‚ literature‚ and learning which took place in Europe in 15th and 16th centuries‚ sparked imaginations and made people eager to explore. The promise of new riches‚ such as the spices as silks of the Far East‚ and the potential discovery of the fabled Northwest Passage were the primary objectives‚ which fueled the exploration of the New World. The age of exploration was filled with courageous voyagers and conquistadors from all over Europe‚ much like today
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of the globe in late 1577 ‚ when five ships that were headed for the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Magellan‚ which is on the southern tip of South America . The Magellan Strait was notorious for very deadly waters and stormy weather . Drake‚ using his incredible oceanic navigation skills he had mastered since he was in his early twenties‚ made it through the deadly waters of the Strait of Magellan and continued north along the side of South America‚ raiding Spanish settlements at will . When
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