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Dennis Bonnette's Origin Of The Human Species

In a paper consisting of seven pages the philosopher Bonnette is compared with Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle in the contention that...

Tutorial on the Dinosaur Age

animal and plant species that have formed the existing ecosystem in terms of the need to learn more about the past. this can then...

Environment and Moral Pluralism

one thing, the variety of the species is one reason there are many different theories; each species could require a different type...

Species Known as Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera)

softball and has spawned a number of unique names in addition to those noted above. Each fruit from Osage Orange has many fleshy ...

Owl Ears and Their Presumed Efficiency

not balanced with each other and are different shapes. This is in order to augment depth perception. Owls have very keen vision ...

Examination of Biodiversity

would occupy only "1.4 percent of the planets land surface, roughly equivalent to Alaska and Texas combined" (2002, 86), and yet a...

Illinois' Endangered River Otter Species

successful that the State of Illinois discontinued the program because their numbers were successfully increasing on their own. T...

Endangered Species Bald Eagles

eventually kill eagles and other birds. Eagles with DDT in their bodies laid eggs with thin shells. The thin eggs were crushed whe...

The Deepwater Horizon Problem

and wetlands along the coasts. BPs first response to contain the oil spill was to dump about two million gallons of dispersants...

Arguing Against Genetic Engineering

Even if we ignore the more controversial areas of genetic engineering, areas such as genetic engineering targeting the human...

Overview of the Exotic but Very Poisonous Puffer Fish

exist in controlled conditions for economic purposes (Labb?e, 2003, p. 42). Puffer fish earned its name because when threatened, ...

Endangered Species Conservation, Cultural, Economic, and Political Constraints

interacts with another, as well as what governs overall cultural behavior. According to Berkes (1993), "traditional ecological kn...

Biodiversity and Climate Change Offer Hope

climactic shifts that are taking place. In short, according to Grossman, mankinds arrogance and refusal to believe that he was a ...

Species Extinction and Growth of the Human Population

Academy of Sciences on Sustainable Consumption (1997) makes a valuable point in linking consumption, population growth, and the im...

Overview of the Nervous System of Humans and Animals

In two pages this comparative analysis of the nervous systems of various species and human beings is presented. There are two sou...

Alaska's Glacial Moraine Succession

exposed rock of the moraines: "the rebirth of the temperate rainforest begins, with alder, willow,...

Bird Beak Precipitation and Morphology

environmental parameters outcompeted those who are not as well adapted. In other words, animals which are anatomically well-suite...

Humans, Animals, and Moral Obligations

to maintain a state of consciousness is no proof that it does not exist elsewhere. Consciousness is not something specific ...

The Principal & Transformational Leadership

another factor that Hornett attributes to a lack of leadership. If the principal had "modeled and encouraged helping among staff, ...

Role of Environment in 3 Burials

him, has him exhume Estradas body and for Norton to accompany him on a journey across country to Mexico in order to keep his promi...

Laurent Dubois' "Avengers Of The New World: The Story Of Haitian Revolution"

other ways, as well - to lead a rebellion due to his ability to read, write and obtain a superior understanding of the world beyon...

Clines, Race and Society

we are actually looking at "is a pattern of features derived from common ancestry in the area in question, and these are largely w...

Fossil Species and Missing Links

to be descended from him; it has since been redated. The earliest Homo erectus found is "Java man," discovered on the island of J...

Satellites: Contribution To Technology

and diabetes are just two of myriad diseases and conditions that modern medical sensors serve to help in situations beyond the ind...

Giant Pandas and River Otters

carnivores, but they are vegetarians and eat almost nothing but bamboo (World Wildlife Federation). "Pandas live mainly on the gro...

Estuarine Benthic Habitats: Importance Of Disturbance And Predation On Species Diversity And Community Structure

overly abundant meal ticket. The ecological impact that alewives maintain upon the entire planet is such that their very existenc...

The Threat of Global Warming

atmosphere have been measured since the late 1950s (Schneider). These measurements have revealed a steady increase in the amount o...

Natural Selection and Stories by Bellow and Gold

improved in a corresponding degree with its competitors, it will soon be exterminated" (Darwin). This then is the basic of Darwins...

Becoming A Veterinarian

Committee is responsible for developing, monitoring, and adjusting the curriculum to meet the veterinary medical educational needs...

Nature: Charles Darwin and Annie Dillard

he felt but what he saw. His work begins with the following: "When we compare the individuals of the same variety or sub-variety o...