Essays Tagged: "family groups"

Internet Needs a Dot Kids Domain.

orld Wide Web for information that is suitable for minor children of age 12 and younger.Various pro-family groups fully endorse and support this initiative. For example, those at the National Law Cent ...

(2 pages) 31 0 1.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Similarities in Human and Nonhuman Primates: Familial Relationships.

ultural experiments and interpretations. Due to this, observations have been recorded on social and family groups within the human primate and non-human primate society; as well as the similarities be ... creases the future probability of the occurrence of that behavior." After a a member of the primate family or group has been properly punished, the transgressor will then have to "suck up" or make lip ...

(9 pages) 113 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

"The gods must be crazy" movie analysis

hari Tribe's society and that of The Civilized White Society.The Kalahari Bushmen live in small family groups in complete isolation from the rest of the world, and this has led to the belief that ...

(4 pages) 115 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The white handed gibbon

The white handed gibbon is the smallest and most arboreal ape in the family Hylobatidae or "dwellers of the trees". Adult gibbons are only about 3 feet tall standing upr ... ngle swing can transport a gibbon 20 feet in distance.Gibbons in their mating patterns form nuclear family groups. That is to say, their social communities consist of a single mating pair of adults wi ... male. Gibbons are physically independent at about three, mature at about six, and usually leave the family group at about eight, though they may spend up to ten years in their family group.To discover ...

(5 pages) 34 0 2.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Discuss the development of the Early Iron Age populations of Southern Africa

The early mixed farming communities of 200-1000 AD consisted of family groups of people, who chose areas suitable to the type of farming in which they wished to ind ... , a political organization developed. At first, the small groups, which were not much larger than a family group, did not seem to have much of a hierarchy. No one seemed to be wealthier than another, ... nsThe early mixed farming communities were based on a patrilinear organization. This meant that the family line was traced from the father. Children belonged to the man, and the older the man the more ...

(3 pages) 27 0 4.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Legal Process

IntroductionDue to the evolution of family groups, societies and communities, people have established a variety of methods to deal with ...

(8 pages) 193 3 4.3 May/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Muhhamad

tribes were eithernomadic or they settled down. The tribes that werenomadic were usualy in one family keeping there wealthto themselves. The only way for them to get morewealthy was to attac ... usualy were former nomads who fould a water hole andnever left. At first these people were only familygroups, but with time others joined and they builtcities. Both tribes worshiped idols as ...

(3 pages) 1020 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Incest and Family Structure

ists studied the functions as well as structural attributes of families, household composition, and family dynamics as did anthropological studies of the era. In addition they well thought-out other e ... at the other group does the same. For Lévi-Strauss---and this is for the most part vital for family theory (Lévi-Strauss 1971)---the incest taboo prevents the marital family from dying i ...

(2 pages) 45 0 0.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Mountain Gorrillas

forest. Mountain gorillas prefer to stay between 8,000 and 11,000 feet. They stay in units known as family groups. There are usually 6-12 members in these units and are usually related in some way. Ea ... family group has a leader. The leader is an older silverback male. They are the largest of the ape family. Male gorillas can reach up to 6 feet tall, 600 pounds, and have an arm spread of 9 feet. The ...

(6 pages) 17 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

The Betty Ford Center

; however, I was astounded at the costs of all the different treatment options. I do not know how a family or a single person could afford to be medically treated for their dependency. The prices do n ... his type of treatment should be available to every person, not just the wealthy. I do like that one family member's treatment is included in the inpatient treatment costs. Three things I learne ...

(2 pages) 1210 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Do some common interest groups replace extended family?

rt. It is partially because of this reason that these groups are replacing portions of the extended family. In addition to diminishing importance of the extended family, modernization is affecting the ... ching certain values, objectives, areas of interests, and causes.Modernization has a huge impact on family size. Family is affected by, and in turn affects, the values and structure of the society in ...

(4 pages) 30 2 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Wildlife and Rehabilitation - Pre Release Plan and Assesment of Lesser Horseshoe Bats and Fennec foxes

which is obviously natural to the area.In the wild fennec fox will usually live in groups, usually family groups, they burrow up to 10 feet underneath the sand, in order to make their dens, which the ... esents shrubs and bushes.As I mentioned in the poster, the fennec fox is a social animal, living in family groups. With this in mind, I have designed this enclosure so it is suitable for both juvenile ...

(7 pages) 11 0 4.5 May/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Early Aboriginal Lifestyles and Clans

nly consisted of a large amount of relatives and families. They were recognized distinctly by their family groups and by their land which that occupied.Day in the life of a Ngarrindjeri familyThe men ... eri people were identified by the land they occupied, the lower Murray - The Coorong. Also by their family groups, laws and dreamtime stories. A very popular dreamtime story that identifies the Ngarri ...

(6 pages) 38 2 4.3 Jun/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Indeginous Australia: Invasion or Settlement?

tay in one place for long, moving to watering places and setting up camp there. Aborigines lived in family groups and clans. Each clan has a place on their land where their spirits return when they di ...

(3 pages) 11 0 3.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Does Romantic poetry offer a consistent view on children?

ed children because they were innocent and close to nature. Youngsters had tended to be included in family groups, dressed as young adults in order to appear as a miniature of their parents. However, ...

(6 pages) 13 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry