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    Human Origins

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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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    Human Trafficking

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    Human trafficking is the trade of human beings and their use by criminals to make money. That could mean forcing or tricking people into prostitution‚ begging‚ or manual labour. As many as 500‚000 people are trafficked in Europe every year‚ the majority are women and girls who are forced into prostitution. In Europe‚ girls and young women are particularly at risk from criminals who promise good jobs or study and then force the victims to be prostitutes. The criminals profit while the girls

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    human resource

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    are: Your Answer: Exporting jobs.   Correct. Competitive pressures of globalization are prompting more employers to export jobs abroad. 9. The knowledge‚ education‚ skills‚ and expertise of workers is collectively known as: Your Answer: Human capital.   Correct. The term denotes the knowledge‚ skills‚ education and expertise of workers. 10. A company’s _____ is its plan for balancing internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and

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    Laughter in humans

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    Survival of the Funniest One of the most peculiar behaviors innate to humans is laughter. Our ability to laugh is mystifying to behavioral biologists. Darwin noticed that laughter occurs in a variety of emotional states; from anger to joy‚ nervousness to shame‚ we use it to both hide and accentuate emotion (Adams & Kirkevold‚ 1978). It is difficult to imagine why laughing increases behavioral fitness or increases reproductive success. Darwinian evolution postulates that behavior evolves according

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    Human Trafficking

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    Human trafficking involves coercing ‚ forcing or defrauding people into labor or even sexual exploitation for the benefit of the one doing the convincing . This is seen as the modern day slavery (Bureau of Public Affairs May 24 ‚ 2004 . Majority of the people who fall prey to the people who deal with this slavery are mostly from third world countries This is done either through promising them a safe passage to the developed world where they would get jobs and better education or even get married

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    Human Heart

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    THE HUMAN HEART The human heart is by far one of the most vital organs of the body. It has a mass that ranges from 250 grams to 350 grams. Its contraction and expansion results in 2000 gallons of blood being pumped through the body’s blood vessels per day. It’s located in the middle of the chest protected by the ribcage. Its building blocks are a unique type of muscle known as the myocardium‚ and it’s enclosed by a double-walled membranous sac known as the pericardium. The double-walled membrane

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    Human Development

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    Human Development Human development is marked by different stages and milestones over the lifespan. It is expressed over three domains: physical‚ cognitive and socio/emotional. While human physical and cognitive development is universal‚ socio/emotional definitions and development vary from culture to culture. The various stages of human development include the prenatal period‚ infancy‚ toddler hood‚ early childhood‚ middle childhood‚ adolescence‚ young adulthood‚ middle adulthood and late adulthood

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    The Human Condition

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    Alisa Perry Mrs. Dwell English 9‚ Per 1 January 15‚ 2013 The Human Condition The human condition is based on attitudes‚ but not reactions. The human condition regrets the actions our emotions cause us to do. The human condition is an expedition where it encounters good and bad. The good of helping others or our surroundings in general. The bad of turning our mixed emotions into something more hurtful where we want the people whom have hurt us to experience the pain

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    Human Settlement

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    What is Human Settlement? * The totality of the human community whether city/village with all the social‚ material‚ organizational‚ spirit and cultural elements that sustain it. * The fabric of Human settlements consists of physical elements and services to which the elements provide the material support. * It refers to cities‚ town‚ villages and other concentrations of human populations which inhabit a given segment/area of the environment. It associated with numerous and complex environmental

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    Human and Courage

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    Every human being on this planet is unique and different but we are all born with the gift of courage. However there are very few who take advantage of that gift. Courage is the ability to work one’s way through a tough situation‚ be it mental or physical. We all have faced or witnessed tough challenges before. Th difference‚ however‚ is that some people tend to give up when the goings get rough‚ while others keep on. People commit acts of courage on a daily basis‚ many of them without even realizing

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