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- 1251: The Grasslands
- ... into the distance. You are near a white picket fenced farm with big cottonwoods shading it from the scorching sun. You have just visited a collective farm in the Soviet Union, a Masai village in Africa and Abilene, Kansas, which is located in the U.S. These three places are part of the worlds mid-latitude grassland region. Grasslands are usually found in the interior parts of most continents. The ...
- 1252: The Cambrian Period
- ... the Atlantic Ocean, which separated the young North American and Eurasian continents. Also Gondwanaland was in the final stages of development. Gondwanaland was a very large continent made up of what is now South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica. Large shelled organisms first emerged during the Cambrian. Also EarthΉs atmosphere contained the same amount of oxygen as it does now, enough to sustain the metabolic rate of ...
- 1253: The Praying Mantis
- ... The mantid always prays toward Mecca. Southern U.S.-The brown saliva of the mantis will make a man go blind or kill a horse. 4. China-Roasted mantid egg cases will cure bed wetting. Africa-If a mantis lands on a person it brings them good luck and A mantis can bring the dead back to life. European Middle-Ages-The mantis was a great worshipper of God due to ...
- 1254: Manatee
- ... inunguis found in the Amazon and Orinoco river systems; T. manatus is found in central Florida and along the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coasts; and T. senegalenis found in the rivers of tropical West Africa. A manatee is a slow moving, seal shaped mammal that lives in shallow coastal waters where rich plant grows. It usually is at home in salt or fresh water but rarely straying far from home ...
- 1255: Human Evolution and the Fossil Record
- ... Hominid Species." The Fossil Hominids FAQ. 1996. On-line. Internet. 1 Jan. 1997. Available: http://earth.ics.uci.edu:8080/faqs/homs/species.html. Leaky, L.S.B. The Progress and Evolution of Man in Africa. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1961. Johanson, Donald and Edey, Maitland. Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. Rak, Yoel. The Australopithecine Face. New York: Academic Press, 1983. Stoner, Don. A New Look ...
- 1256: Transitions of Reptiles to Mammals
- ... active carnivores. Primitive therapsids are present as fossils in certain Middle Permian deposits; later forms are known from every continent except Australia but are most common in the Late Permian and Early Triassic of South Africa. The several features that separate modern reptiles from modern mammals doubtlessly evolved at different rates. Many attributes of mammals are correlated with their highly active lifestyle; for example, efficient double circulation of blood with a ...
- 1257: Frogs
- ... used as food for centuries. Efforts have been made to harvest frogs, but most frogs eaten today are taken from their natural habitat. People in South America, the South Pacific, Philippine Islands, and parts of Africa savor frogs, and consider them a delicacy. The Chinese and French are lovers of frogs legs. One of the reasons frogs legs are so expensive is the great demand for frogs in scientific and medical ...
- 1258: Essay on Evolution
- ... and compared to the other DNA fragments of the other species. This technique has been used to compare mtDNA from people of several different ethnicity's to find out that the human species originated from Africa. The most precise and powerful method for comparing DNA from two species is DNA sequencing which determines the nucleotide sequences of entire DNA segments that have been cloned by recombinant DNA techniques. This type of ...
- 1259: Chimpanzee versus Humans: Similarities & Differences
- ... days of human thought into their beginnings, chimpanzees have played a vital role in showing who we were. The chimpanzee, one of the great apes, makes it home in the forests of Central and West Africa. Their long arms and legs adapt them for living in such regions as lowland jungles and mountainous regions. Humans are classified in the order Primates, and family Hominade. Within this family, human beings, our nearest ...
- 1260: Australopithecus
- ... as early as 1.1 million years ago and was on earth at the sametime as homo habilis and homo erectus. Most of the australopithecus fossils that have been discovered have been found in eastern africa and have been dated between 4.5 million and 1.1 million years old. There has also been evidence that the australopithecus "man" lived in australia where fossils have also been found. The first discovery ...
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