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I believe heat can really affect an individual on a daily basis. It can cause our blood temperatures to rise and some may even die in the heat. Heat is a huge environmental stress which causes many things to go wrong. This is why it is completely illegal to leave children in the car in the heat. And if an elder individual can not afford air conditioning they may also lose their lives. Humans have adapted to this stress by simply changing the way they live their everyday lives. They drink more water in the hot climates to keep their bodies from getting dehydrated. They stay in cool places with air conditioning which allows them to stay cool and won't allow their body temperatures to rise so high. Humans also change their diets so they won't have too much body fat that will cause them to over heat. Clothing is another thing individuals must change in order to keep cool. What an individual wears in the heat plays a big role on the way that individual may feel.

Short Term: Sweating
Sweating plays a huge part in our lives. It is a way to keep the body cool. We sweat a lot in heat climates. This is why it is important to keep the body cool during the heat. Sweat can also cause the body to become dehydrated, which will cause many people to faint or many other dangerous problems if you don't drink enough. Your body is constantly sweating out all the water in your body so it is extremely important to keep drinking water when you are in hot climates.

 

Facultative: Swimming

Swimming is the first thing individuals adjust to in the heat. Not every one can tan. Some are naturally dark, and tanning will increase the risk of skin cancer. Many people run to the community pool for a quick dip or take trips to the beach to cool off in the water. Swimming is an excellent way to keep the body cool and since your body is a big body of water, it will not have to sweat as much which causes the body to stay cool and hydrated.

 

Developmental Adaptation: High Heels

High Heels are the perfect developmental adaptation. It is a permanent change to the body unintended. Many women may wear shoes that are too small which may cause a lot of future orthopedic problems. A lot of women are trying to abide by the rule that small feet are sexy. So they often buy shoes that are too small just to trick individuals into thinking their feet are much smaller than what they really are. Women love wearing high heels, it not only makes them feel sexy, but it also makes them feel independent and confident. We don't think of the negative impact of wearing heels everyday will have on our lives in the future because we often live in the moment.  







 



Cultural Adaptation: Marriage

Marriage is a huge cultural adaptation. Many people change a lot of things in their lives just to be accepted by the individual they love. A wedding can cause a lot of cultural changes. For example, if a woman was marrying a Jew, she would find a way to adapt to the Jewish cultural in order to accepted by the man's family. And when marrying an individual with cultural differences, you have to think of the changes you will have to adjust if you decide to have children. People adjust their whole lifestyle when it comes to marriage. It not only keeps their marriage long lasting, but it can also have a positive impact on their lives.

 

 

Humans are quiet interesting. They are all diverse individuals. Studying humans from different clines is the perfect way to get a better understanding on how each human is different. If we didn't study human beings in different environmental climates we wouldn't have learned death is one of the worst outcomes that can happen to an individual in temperatures that are too hot and temperatures that are too cold. We also have learned there are many diseases out there that can cause an individual to break out, blood pressures rise or even allow the heart to stop working. These facts can be useful. It informs human beings of all the risk they are taking whenever they are out in the weather climate. Perfect way to warn them to dress appropriately in weather climate and keep warm and cool in order to stay healthy.

 

Race would be used  in certain comparisons. Not every race can tan. Some light complected individuals can tan which allows them to gain a natural sun glow which can last a few months. As for more darker complected people can no tan because it can increase their risk of skin cancer. Race wouldn't matter too much when it comes to people sweating. Everyone sweats. Some more than others, but if you stay cool and keep drinking lots of water you won't pass out. Any race can swim. Race would not play a role in the way we keep our bodies cool and hydrated. Race plays a role in Marriage. If you come from a different background like the example I used earlier about Jews, than how your mate adjusts to the way your lifestyle is can be a huge impact. That person is changing their whole cultural background to fit into their mates. Which makes race a big factor in the way an individual might do things.





Language

Part A of this assignment was quite difficult. I found that my partners felt quite threatened by my silence. I attempted this assignment on friends and family. They know me to be quite talkative. My silence made them very uncomfortable. I didn't use any type of hand gestures, nor did I speak in their conversations. I spent most of my time listening. Many changed the subject so much to the point the completely stopped talking. I noticed I was in charge of the conversation drift. The more silent I was, the more these individuals changed their topics to get me to initiate in the conversation. My partners were in charge of the topics, they kept stumbling on different topics to get me to respond to just about anything. What was completely awkward was when any of these individuals asked me a question and I didn't respond, I noticed they got completely offended. Replying back to me with an attitude thirty seconds after they have just asked me a question. It was nice to inform them after the fifteen minutes were up, that this was in fact an experiment. Out of the reactions I received, I believe I had the power over most of these individuals. Many of them would stop talking to pull me aside and ask if I was angry at them. Made it much easier to tell I was in power. If my partners and I were from two different cultures, I would believe they would have an advantage to come up with more complex ideas than I could. I represent an individual who isn't from the same culture as them and can not speak the language they speak, nor do I understand. English has the biggest advantage in communicating and coming up with complex ideas in their population. A big example that resembles this type of example would be a French speaker and a person who can only speak sign language. The complications of the two would be completely mind blowing.

Part B was much more difficult. To have a dull conversation without any hand gestures, tone changes or pretty much any expression to enlighten the conversation was much harder than it seemed. I found my partners either talking over me or just exiting out my conversation completely. One of my friends pulled me to the side to ask if I was okay, and to ask me why am I depressed. My siblings thought I was lacking self esteem, and even took me out to go get ice cream. Many individuals would scream "what?" in the middle of conversation to try and see if I would talk louder. Our signs are very important. It helps give an individual a greater aspect of the conversation. It helps us better describe a topic whenever hand gestures are used properly. Body language is the most important way we as humans can tell an individual is into or even paying attention to a discussion. If an individual is lacking body language, the person speaking about a topic feels as if they are boring you, so it will make any individual stop discussing the topic they were so deeply into. A perfect example of not being able to successfully read another individual body language correctly would be better described as dating. Individuals are always reading one another body language incorrectly and getting misinterpreted, which can always lead to embarrassment or someone getting their feelings hurt. When dating, body language is not a reliable source. A girl can just be confident enough to cross her legs and look at you in your eyes while you are speaking to her, that doesn't mean she is into you. Just because you can have a deep conversation with an individual, doesn't mean they may be into you or want you in any kind of way.

Piltdown Hoax

The fossil was discovered by Charles Dawson in 1912, while digging in a gravel pit in a Little Village called Piltdown. The fossil would have been the missing link between apes and humans and the possibility of humans forming from early ape discoveries. By the term "missing link", I mean it would have gave many scientist proof that humans from the early century came from apes. Charles Dawson invited Arthur Smith Woodworth and Father Pierre to join him in his discovery in Piltdown. Arthur Smith Woodworth was the first to announce the findings of the fossil in  Piltdown at a meeting in December 1912 in front of the Royal Geology Society. Scientist cheered the news in and were enthusiastic about the situation. Scientist end up discovering other human like fossils in other countries like Asia and China which didn’t familiarize with the discovery in Piltdown. It wasn't until 1953 when scientist came up with a machine that gave better results in which they tested Charles Dawson findings and found out his fossils were stained to make them appear as if they were from the early century. Scientists had also discovered the teeth on the jaw fossil had been filed down to make it seems as if it belonged to the first humans when it belonged to no other than a female orangutan.

                Charles Dawson was trying to discover something first in London. There were early human fossil findings, but never in London. Charles Dawson tricked many scientists for about forty years for his early human discoveries, which were never found after he passed away. Many scientist were extremely unhappy. They opened up a case to determine who was behind the Piltdown Hoax. After this incident, it made scientist question how many of Dawson’s discoveries were fraud.

            Scientists launched the first full scale analysis with better dating methods. Scientist were able to determine how old a fossil was by measuring fluoride content of fossils. Under a microscope they notice the teeth were shaved down, and that the jaw bone was dated thousands of years ago. In which they noticed the findings from Piltdown were forged.  

            No I would not want to remove the human factor. Human’s play a huge role in science. Many scientist have found many different aspects of the world just by looking for the first findings of the early humans. Science comes with many errors, the point of science is to come up with a theory and keep testing it until it becomes right before you publish it.

            I believe taking information from unverified sources is wrong. The whole point of science is being able to test your theory which helps you and others come up with either the same conclusion or a brief argument with scientific proof that your theory may have been wrong. I believed Dawson was wrong for tricking colleges and friends into thinking his findings were legit when in reality, they were completely fraud. Made many scientist question all his other memorable findings. I believe it is best to leave a discovery alone without any proof backing up your theory.

Comparative

Lemur

 

Prosimians are animals which are found on the Madagascar and adjacent islands of South Africa. Their diets are almost dominated by fruit. Prosimians are active predators hunting for insects and other small animals in the trees. Promsimians have toilet like claws with the use for grooming and catching food to feed themselves and/or their families. Their preys usually only consist of insects, eggs and newly hatched birds. Promosians are red- green colored blind. Their eyes work like specialized lights to help them see and get around at night.

 

Spider Monkey

 

The new world monkey is one of the five families found in limited tropical forest environments such as Central and South America and parts of Mexico. Spider monkeys live in warm forest like environments that fluctuate little in temperature. The eat leaves, fruit, nuts, gums, and prey on insects. Their sizes vary from two different tiny marmosets and tamarins from twelve ounces to a twenty pound howler monkey. Their favorite food is carbohydrate-rich filled tree sap. The new world monkey taps into the top of the tree by gnawing holes in the trunk of the tree. Some tamarins species eat flower nectar as well. And the small marmosets species venture into the very top of the forest canopies to hunt insects that are abundant there.

 

Baboon

The Old World Monkey are African species that are found in a wide variety of grassland and mountainous areas with heavy winter snow such as South and East Asia,  and also the Gibraltar at the Southern tip of Spain. They sleep in trees and/or on cliff faces. Unlike the New World Monkeys they spend most of their time on the ground rather than high in the trees. There are many different species on the Old World Monkeys. They are large animals being about the size of small to medium sized dogs. The Old World Monkey spends days in large groups foraging for food on grasslands. Some have cheek pouches that expand to allow secure temporary storing for food. Some female species form sexual skin around the time of ovulation. Large male baboons hunt other monkeys, young chimpanzees and flamingos for food.





Gibbon

Gibbons have about twelve to thirteen species. Lesser apes are also know to the world as Hylobatidae. Most of the adult Lesser Apes are about three feet tall. They usually weigh about twelve to twenty pounds. Males are known as the biggest gibbon species weighing about thirty pounds. They have long bushy- hairy bodies which makes them look as though they have these buff like figures. Lesser Apes move around in trees by swinging under branches with a hand over hand motion. And unlike the Old World Monkey, the Lesser Ape lives in well defined territories in the tree tops and rarely go down to the forest floor, so they pretty much spend most of their time swinging up in the trees. Adult Lesser Apes regularly defend their territory against the others of their species with piercingly loud whooping and hooting vocalizations.

Chimpanzee

 

Chimpanzees are more familiar to humans. They are the only non-like human specie that resembles humans more than the others. Males grow up to 5 1/2 feet tall and weigh up to 100 pounds and females weigh up to about 85 pounds. Chimpanzees act just like baboons by forming in groups to hunt for food. They live in tropical forests in the Savannas of South Africa.

 

 

Just like the other species, many of these species are all found in tropical forest and they all hunt whether its for big animals, insects or other species. The most interesting thing I have learned about this assignment is even though none of these species are the same  but they all have similar traits as to where they stay and how they all have to hunt in order to survive. They all sleep and live in different circumstances. But they are only found in tropical areas. 







Homologous vs. Analogous

My choice was Tigers and Dogs. Tigers and Dogs both share the need to protect with their teeth. Tigers use their teeth to attack on their prey and use their teeth to pull off the skin and help feed themselves and their families. Dogs use their teeth to attack and to also eat and feed their families.

  

Dogs and Tigers are morally similar because they both have some of the same bone structure. Their are many different types of different breeds of each of these species. Dogs are an interesting type of species. We all know dogs are lovable creatures, man's best friend. They can be walked and they can be taught many things that rare creatures can understand coming from the human species.

 

 

Judging by both structures you notice they both have tails and 4 legs. Their similarities in bone structure is absolutely amazing. Tigers are much bigger than dogs. They eat bigger meals and bigger animals. Tigers are found in widely open areas such as forests, or jungles before they are rescued and placed in zoos and properly taking care. Most dogs are breed and/or bought and sold to the human species by other human species. We have more control over dogs. Rarely would any one of the human race capture a wild tiger and open them up to their homes. Tigers are a bit more dangerous than dogs. They require a little more security. Many people can find a stray dog, take it to the vet and get checked for rabies and shots and immediately have a new pet. I wouldn't recommend it because its extremely dangerous, but some people have done it. Tigers and Dogs both share a common ancestor know as a Felidae, which later turned into a rank of carnivora of mammals once dinosaurs were extinct.   

 

 

I believe butterflies and bees have analogous traits that were forced to have similarities due to the environment. Both of these species share a few common traits but operate in two totally different ways. Butterflies start off as caterpillars and form to a congou until they hibernate all winter and break free in spring once they turn into beautiful butterflies. Butterflies have big beautiful wings and they fly around the flowers which nourishes them. Bees on the other hand is a specie that makes honey. Bees come with a tail which stings, but once they sting you they die. Both of these species plant nectar and are important plant pollinators, but they are very different otherwise. The two share a common ancestor but didn't evolve from it.

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Darwin Vs. Wallace

Out of the list of names above, my choice is no other than Alfred Russell Wallace. He had the most influence on Darwin's Natural Selection theory. He contributed to a lot of Darwin's evidence. Wallace traveled all around the world and begin to come up with a theory based on animals and how they mate and reproduce which also has a different impact depending on their environmental circumstances.

Wallace and Darwin were more in a competitive state. Darwin didn't want Wallace to take full credit for the Natural Selection theory. Darwin was sitting on the idea for fifteen years, but never had enough evidence to publish his idea. If Wallace would have never exchange letters with Darwin on the idea of the Natural Selection theory, he would have probably took full credit for the Natural Selection theory. Wallace essay forced Darwin to submit his ideas to a publisher. And since Wallace gave his letter and ideas to Darwin for him to submit to a publisher while he was out traveling around the world, Do you think Darwin would have publish his ideas? A publisher thought it would have been fair to publish both of these scientists essays next to each other. Which not only made it fair, but both of the scientists were happy. So whenever someone is speaking of the Natural Selection theory by Charles Darwin, Alfred Russell Wallace's name is not far behind.

Wallace key points that were used most in his work:

If the environment changes, the traits that are helpful or adaptive to that environment will be different and In order for natural selection to occur, reproduction MUST occur! Both of these points were used in Wallace theory. He discussed the way animals reproduced in different climates and the traits they received from each parent and also the traits they would create on their own.

No, it took Darwin fifteen years to decide to publish his idea, and that was only because Wallace was in the mist of publishing his own. Wallace was traveling all around the world putting his theory to the test. Wallace never gave up on his ideas and kept finding ways to make his theory true.

They decicded not teach any of the students about Darwin's theory. The church only believed about teaching their student about what they believed were traditional values. So any mention about his book or any of his other writings were prohibited.

 http://darwin200.christs.cam.ac.uk/pages/index.php?page_id=d8