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The evolutionary origins of primates and early hominids in Africa

Farabee, M.J. Human Evolution. Available at http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/Farabee/BIOBK/BioBookHumEvol.html Mammals originated from the ancient mammal-like reptiles prior to 200-245 million years referred to as Triassic Period.

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Bronze metallurgy and civilization in ancient China's Shang dynasty

The existence of the believed first prehistoric Chinese dynasty of Xia from the 21st to the 16th century was assumed a myth on account of scientific excavations at early bronze-age sites in Anyang, Henan Province in 1928 (Crystal 2004) (Poon).

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Bismarck's reshaping of the European balance of power through German unification

Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) is unquestionably one of the dominant figures of modern German, and European, history. Much of his fame as a statesman has always rested on his handling of foreign policy and diplomacy.

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Dr. Lucian Leape's research on iatrogenic injury and medical errors

Patient care and recovery statistics demonstrate that the United States has a medical care system with which Americans are less satisfied than other citizens in developed countries.

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Constitutional concerns with the USA Patriot Act of 2001

What is the Patriot Act of 2001? The Act was passed in order to unite and strengthen the United States of America by providing all the appropriate and the necessary tools with which to fight terrorism. The President George W.

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Overcoming student resistance to revision in composition instruction

A favorite teacher's well-intentioned message, a parent's unskilled assessment, or the student's own perceptions can stymie the editorial and revision process.

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NATO's just war strategy in the Kosovo conflict

Both the U.S. And NATO did not fight this war in order to overthrow the Yugoslavian government nor to give the Kosovo Albanians a country of their own.

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Descartes' Discourse on Method and the cogito

An Analysis of the Discourse on Method and the "I think, therefore I am" statement. Rene Descartes is widely recognized as the father of modern philosophy. Also known as Renatus Cartesius (a latinization of his name), Descartes was a 17th century French scientist, mathematician and philosopher.

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Nostalgia and intellectual appeal in eighteenth and nineteenth-century art

Nostalgia can take many forms, but can perhaps be summarized by the phrase 'appropriating selected aspects of the past for the use of the present'.

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Hugo's use of social justice themes in Les Misérables

Victor Hugo is remembered today as one of the most notable and revolutionary writers of French literature. The social consciousness displayed in many of his novels is evidence of the conscience developed over a lifetime of involvement in politics and revolutionary thought.

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