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Ice Age Extinctions Of The Megafauna
1,675 wordsICE AGE EXTINCTIONS OF THE MEGAFAUNA During the last Ice Age before humans arrived, the North American continent belonged to various forms of enormous, fantastic creatures. By the end of the Ice Age, most of these large animals had become extinct. Numerous attempts have been made to explain the disappearance of these animals, but there has yet to be a consensus. Among the theories that have been debated, two are predominant. They are the climatic change theory, and the overkill theory. The clima...
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000 Years Ago 100 000 Years
1,057 wordsAnthropologists today are debating two sides to the story of the evolution of the modern human Homosapian spin. The sides agree on two different theories called the Out of Africa theory and the Multiregional (or Candelabra) theory. The debate, which some may call a slanderous argument, is far from being resolved on either side. Both evolutionist sides have strong evidence, however, this evidence does have its flaws and is not accurate enough to prove one side over another. However, the arguments...
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The Impacts Of Chernobyl Nuclear Accident In Us
752 wordsThe Impacts of Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in the US Nuclear energy used to be a dream energy source because it did not emit air pollutants as long as they were operating properly. The US government and Utility Companies invested billions of dollars to build and develop nuclear power plants. However, its magic was collapsed on April 26, 1986. A series of explosions in a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl blew the massive roof off the reactor building and flung radioactive debris and dust high into ...
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000 Years Ago Rise And Fall
2,451 wordsEARLY CIVILIZATIONS AND THE DAWN OF THE MEDIEVAL AGE History is an account of man's achievements during the last five thousand years. Though man has been on this planet for about 500, 000 years, history only covers a part of this period. The reason for this is that history is essentially based on written documents However the art of writing become known to man, only after 3000 B. C. 1. 1 History: Meaning and Importance The word 'history' is derived from the Greek noun 'historia' meaning 'inquiry...
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10 000 Years 000 Years Ago
864 wordsRecent Study Shows That the Bible Is Wrong The Christian Bible says the words of God and states that God is omnipotent and cannot lie. If you think about that statement you realize that if God is omnipotent then he should have the power to lie. The error could not be corrected by any additions made to the bible throughout the last two centuries. In order to fix that error and other scientific errors, too many changes would have to be made to the Bible. The Bible says that God created Earth in 6 ...
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1,060 wordsWhere did Modern Humans originate and how are they different from their archaic ancestors? Modern Humans or Homo sapien sapiens origination is a question of controversy and much debate within the scientific community. In this essay I will attempt to illustrate the most significant theories and supporting evidence as well as make inferences about how they differed physically, socially and culturally from their archaic ancestors. There are two main theories regarding the evolution of Modern Humans...
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Glaucoma Patients Medicinal Value
738 wordsMedical Marijuana The scientific name for marijuana is cannabis sativa, but it is more commonly known as weed, pot, or a handful of other names. The chemical compounds responsible for the intoxicating and medicinal effects are found mainly in a sticky golden resin exuded from the flowers of the female plant. (Bakalar p. 1) The issue of whether or not marijuana should be used as and considered a medicine is one that has been prevalent for years. Despite many claims and the negative images of mari...
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1,209 wordsSoutheast Asia is the location of a small country called the Philippines. Formally, Republic of the Philippines, the archipelago consists of roughly 7, 100 islands that are located in the southwest Pacific Ocean just Southeast of China. Natives of the country are called Filipinos. The term formerly originated when lowland Christian Spaniards, called indio's, began referring to themselves as Filipinos (Dolan 76). The ethnic background of a modern day Filipino is as complex as a typical Americans;...
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000 Years Ago Modern Humans
1,620 wordsPersonally, I think that I am a Neanderthal. Of course, we all know that that is almost impossible. However, what if there is just the smallest possibility? Neanderthal man supposedly became extinct almost 30, 000 years ago, yet the possibility exist that Neanderthal man may be living among us. The anthropological record is full of similar being with parallel lines of evolution. In many respects, the ancestors of man have, at one point, lived with at least one other evolutionary member. Having t...
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Three Minutes 000 Years
619 wordsWhere is the universe from? Where is it going? How is it put together? How did it get to be this way. These are Big questions. Very easy to ask but almost impossible to answer. We want answers for philosophical reason having nothing to do with science. No one will get rich from discovering the structure of the universe unless they right a book about it. The area of science dealing with Big questions is called cosmology. The reason for it's study is found in the fact that: The universe was born a...
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000 Years Ago Papua New Guinea
1,657 wordsOceania is a collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. A more common definition excludes the Ryukyu, Kuril, and Aleutian islands and the Japan archipelago. The most popular usage delimits Oceania further by eliminating Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines, because the peoples and cultures of those islands are more closely related historically to the Asian mainl...
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1,302 wordsCastles in the sea Graham Hancock doesnt look mad as he sprawls in an armchair in his small, neat house in Kennington, south London. But his critics would say appearances deceive: he is either a lunatic, a charlatan, or both. Hancock has spent the past 10 years writing books and producing TV programmes which argue that everything we are told about ancient history is wrong: civilisation didnt start in Sumeria and Egypt around 3, 500 BC; it began 10, 000 years before in great cities which subseque...
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Rise And Fall Wealth And Power
2,258 wordsFrom Conquerors To Conquered: The Rise From Conquerors To Conquered: The Rise And Fall Of The Aztec Empire From Conquerors to Conquered: The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire History is possibly the most important area of study in the modern world. We begin our study of history at an early age and continue throughout our lives. We need to keep an account of the past in order to truly understand who we are today. The old saying, +history repeats itself, + has a great deal of truth to it. The deve...
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1,389 wordsHow Man evolved How did the early man evolve and change into the way we are today? Human Evolution, the natural development of the species Homo Sapiens, or human beings. The initial man, called the Hominid was short, not intelligent, and very ape like. The next man lived in the stone age; his name was Homo Habilis. After Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus evolved. He was smarter, more efficient, and walked up-right. And he leaded to us, Homo Sapiens A lot of fossils, bones, and teeth have been found at ...
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1,421 wordsWorld History Human Evolution Final Copy January 19, 97 How did the early man evolve and change into the way we are today? Human Evolution, the natural development of the species Homo Sapiens, or human beings. The initial man, called the Hominid was short, not intelligent, and very ape like. The next man lived in the stone age; his name was Homo Habilis. After Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus evolved. He was smarter, more efficient, and walked up-right. And he leaded to us, Homo Sapiens A lot of fossi...
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908 wordsArdipithecusHuman Evolution Human Evolution Ardipithecus radius This species was announced in September 1994. It is thought to be the oldest known hominid species. It was dated at 4. 4 million years old. The majority of the fossils found were skull fragments. Other evidence suggests that this species was bipedal. The individuals were about four feet tall. Some fossils found indicate that radius may have been a forest dweller. The teeth resemble something between earlier apes and A. afarensis. Th...
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1,149 wordsOur Human Evolution Human Evolution Our farthest believed ancestor is believed to be Australopithecus afarensis. This species, which lived between three and four million years ago, is believed to be the first real hominid because it is the oldest, and most primitive of any definite hominid form thus far found. Evidence from fossilized footprints, as well as pelvic and leg bones, which were similar to modern hominids, led scientists to believe that they could walk upright. Its teeth resembled mor...
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Anti Semitism Adolf Hitler
1,388 wordsROOTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM Discrimination and prejudice have been in our world for as long as humans have themselves. Discrimination has caused problems in societies all throughout history. But despite all of the terrible things that have happened because of prejudice and discrimination, it continues to live on in our world today. Anti-Semitism, prejudice against Jews, is a form of discrimination that has caused perhaps the most problems throughout history. Many people describe anti-Semitism as more...
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000 Years Ago Ice Crystals
1,799 wordsWoolly Mammoths Remains: Catastrophic Origins? By Sue Bishop Since Ted Holden has repeatedly insisted that the mammoth whose remains were found in Siberia in 1901 was preserved by some great catastrophe as described in Velikovskys books, I decided to research the topic. I found several books on the subject, including the original book written by one of the scientists who actually examined, preserved and transported the mammoth remains from Siberia. Preservation of the mammoth remains was somewha...
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648 wordsThe Evolution of Lake Champlain Basin A billion years ago, Lake Champlain and all of North America was covered by huge glaciers. The air was rich in oxygen because of photosynthesis done by plants. The Adirondacks Mountains Mountain-building events made the then 20, 000 feet Adirondack Mountains. Minerals such as garnet, anorthosite, and diopside came from metamorphic rocks. The Iapetus Ocean What is now the Champlain Valley started to rift 600 million years ago. It turned into the Iapetus Ocean...
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