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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 ...
Active defense by community members of their shared home range or territory. Many species of non-human primates use scent marking, loud vocalizations, or threat gestures to defend their territories against incursions by other communities of their species.
Industry:Anthropology
Abnormal fluid retention in the tissues and/or cavities of the body resulting in swelling.
Industry:Anthropology
A wood or bone rod with a hook on one end that fit into a socket at the base of a spear. This device was used by the Cro-Magnon and other people with Upper Paleolithic technologies to push off spears. It increased the range and force of impact of projectiles by essentially increasing the length of the spear thrower's arm. The spear thrower is also known as an atlatl.
Industry:Anthropology
A unit of inheritance usually occurring at a specific location, or loci, on a chromosome. Physically, a gene is a sequence of DNA bases that specify the order of amino acids in a protein or, in some cases, a small RNA molecule referred to as a microRNA. A gene may be made up of hundreds to thousands of DNA bases. Genes are responsible for hereditary characteristics.
Industry:Anthropology
A type of protein that causes or regulates specific chemical reactions within cells.
Industry:Anthropology
A type of blood cell that coagulates and clots blood when there is an injury to a blood vessel. Thrombocytes are also called platelets. See stem cells.
Industry:Anthropology
A type of nucleic acid that is found in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm of cells. Unlike DNA, RNA is single stranded. Messenger RNA (mRNA) carries the genetic code from the DNA in the chromosomes and translates it with the help of transfer RNA (tRNA) at the site of the ribosomes in the cytoplasm in order to assemble, or synthesize, proteins.
Industry:Anthropology
A tropical or subtropical grassy plains. Savannas are usually the habitat of larger herbivores and their predators. The first hominins apparently evolved on and near African savannas.
Industry:Anthropology
A thing, such as a word, that can represent something else that is not here and now. The meaning of a symbol is arbitrary and is given by those who use it. Human languages are systems of symbols.
Industry:Anthropology
A system for classifying people based on the false assumption that humans can be unambiguously placed into "races" on the basis of selected traits such as skin color, hair form, and body shape. Advocates of this approach incorrectly believe that there are more or less distinct populations of people from different geographic regions. Negroid, Mongoloid, and Caucasoid are examples of typological groupings.
Industry:Anthropology
