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Founded in 1946, Palomar College is a public two-year community college in the city of San Marcos, located in north San Diego County, California. Palomar offers over 300 associate degree, certificate programs and is designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an Hispanic-Serving Institution ...
The part of the Paleolithic stage of development in which the Mousterian tool tradition of the Neandertals and early modern humans was used. The Middle Paleolithic began about 75,000 years ago and continued until at least 28,000 years ago.
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The outer portion of a brain's cerebrum. This is the area associated with coordination of sensory and motor information as well as higher thought processes.
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The original name given to the Homo erectus skeletal remains from the limestone cave site at Zhoukoudian near Beijing, China. Sinanthropus pekinensis literally means "Chinese man from Peking" or Beijing.
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The mating of closely related individuals, such as brothers, sisters, or cousins. This is an extreme form of positive assortative mating.
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The original name given by Eugene Dubois to the Homo erectus skeletal remains from Java. Literally, Pithecanthropus erectus means "ape-man who stands erect. " This scientific designation is no longer in use.
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The Old World is Europe, Asia, and Africa. The New World is the Americas. This distinction is an ethnocentric reflection of the European origin of our modern sciences.
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The number of times that something happens. For example, the number of people out of 100 who get divorced would be the frequency of divorce.
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The number of protons in the nucleus of one atom of an element. See atomic mass.
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The number of chromosomes in gametes. Human sperm and ova normally contain only 23 chromosomes, which is the result of the halving of chromosome pairs in meiosis. See diploid number.
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