Essays Tagged: "human species"

Bipolar disorder: treatments and how to cope with the disease.

Many different illnesses plague the human species; while the severity of some is greater than others many go untreated or un-noticed. Am ...

(6 pages) 159 1 2.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

The Causes and Effects of Global Warming

e effects of global warming, including the impact on ecosystems, animal species, plant species, and human species. The paper ends by offering possible solutions, and a conclusion. Also includes 2 refe ... s, and a conclusion. Also includes 2 references.IntroductionGlobal warming is easiest described as "human-induced climate change" (Lutz, 3). It occurs because of a buildup of greenhouse gases in the a ...

(11 pages) 697 1 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

About Maya Angelou's "I know why the caged bird sings", and it's specific, re-occurring, themes. The themes this essay focuses on are dignity and respect.

In the turmoil of life, there are two main things that hold the human species together: dignity and recognition. Recognition and dignity can help a single person ov ... tion and dignity can help a single person overcome a life-size problem. The two powers can help any human holder help others, and pass on recognition. Recognition and dignity are truly the pinnacle of ... respect need to be broken in our world; we need to give what we have, and receive what we need: the human race depends upon it.

(2 pages) 110 1 3.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Bipolar disorders and you. This essay is about both bipolar disorders, the symptoms and treatments.

Many different illnesses plague the human species; while the severity of some is greater than others many go untreated or un-noticed. Am ...

(6 pages) 216 1 4.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Edward O. Wilson's "Is Humanity Suicidal?".

In the 1990s article, "Is Humanity Suicidal?", Edward O. Wilson is concerned about the extinction of the human species. He bel ... affect on the global environment and that it may be too much for it to handle. He insists that "the human species is an environmental abnormality," because human's negative impact on the earth is like ... bnormality," because human's negative impact on the earth is likely to threaten the survival of the human species.Wilson asks "Who can safely measure the human capacity to overcome the perceived limit ...

(2 pages) 55 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Out of Africa: A Plausible Explanation.

The origination of the human species is still shrouded in a considerable degree of confusion through lack of empirical evid ... l records. To the contrary, a good deal of modern anthropology suggests that the origination of the human species stems from multiple continents. This argument is supported by anthropologist Millord W ... contrast to the multi-regional explanation of hominid development (proposed by Wolpoff in Race and Human Evolution), Stringer uses a single-origin theory in order to explain the recent emergence and ...

(4 pages) 82 0 2.9 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

The Infestation of Feminism.

start of feminism to Sigmund Freud, who believed that women were a strange, inferior, and less than human species. Since the uprising of feminism, two generations of girls have grown up knowing they c ...

(4 pages) 87 2 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Gun Control: There is no need for anymore Gun Control. Does Gun Control prevent crimes?Did Gun Control ever prevent crime?

murder, theft, and power struggles. Who is to say that the gun is responsible for this fault of the human species? Gunpowder wasn't invented until thousands of years after the first man/woman. The bot ...

(3 pages) 465 0 4.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Racism, a certain kind of prejudice.

thing.History shows that all attempts at a racial dominance result in conflict and the diference of human species. But, some communities without disturbeing an racial conflict can take advantage of al ... d or write, the first Africans in America had no defence against the refusal of their people. The dehumanization of the African-American slave stands out as one of the most brutal and savage torture i ...

(3 pages) 96 0 3.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Adolf hitler.

uhrer saw in the Jewish people, with their black hair and swarthy complexions, the dark side of the human species, whilst the blond and blue-eyed Aryans constituted the light side of humanity. ... Hit ...

(4 pages) 38 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

A brief constructed response about the agricultural revolution and its effect on the human species

Agricultural RevolutionThe agricultural revolution and the humans' ability to grow their own food was a huge step forward for the human species and their abili ... nd build a civilization because they were able to remain in one place. Prior to the revolution, the human species were forced to hunt and gather their food. If a herd of animals decided to relocate, t ... cided to relocate, the humans were forced to follow. With the new discovery of food production, the human species no longer had to depend upon wild animals for food. They could settle down as a commun ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Alcoholism - nature or nurture?

f natural selection. The behaviour is adapted to our way of life and is shown by all members of the human species. Nurture is learned behaviour that is learned by the individual throughout his/her lif ... Social Psychology 69 (5): 990 - 1005, 1995.Stritzke, W.G.; Patrick, C.J.; and Lang, A.R.Alcohol and human emotion: A multidimensional analysis incorporating startle probe methodology.Journal of Abnorm ...

(11 pages) 342 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

In Search of Perfection

hnologiesIn Search of PerfectionThere is no doubt that any other field is as closely connected with human life as medicine. Yet medicine has been so greatly affected by technological advances that it ... act, hold promising potential. On the other hand, genetic engineering focused on improvement of the human species involves profound ethical and political risks that are to be taken into serious consid ...

(8 pages) 114 2 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The Inductive Human Necessity of Tyranny and the Introduction of Perceptual Spatial Proximity Existence (PSPE) and the Pragmatic Perceptual Permutation Theory (PPPT)

e following essay contains sexual connotations used within a theoretical argument in regards to the human species' inherent desire for sexual satisfaction that may be inappropriate for minors. Parenta ... excerpt from a book I am writing on the Third Reich (The Third Reich, A Revolution of Ideological Inhumanity) and introduces two self-formulated theories regarding perceptions. The reader may or may n ...

(62 pages) 115 0 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Infant Temperament in Context of Evolutionary Theories of Emotion.

Temperaments, like emotion in the evolutionary since, evolved to allow greater survivability in the human species.Most of the major research on an infant's temperaments has been conducted by Alexander ... t these reactions developed before higher thought. Because of these two things, evolution has given humans a genetic code for immediate reactions to certain provocations. Most agree that these automat ...

(3 pages) 64 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Human Genome Diversity Project- Opinion

The Human Genome Diversity Project (HGD Project) is an international project that seeks to understand th ... Project) is an international project that seeks to understand the diversity and unity of the entire human species by studying their DNA. Luigi Sforza inspired the HGD Project and now there is a large ... s a large storage base of DNA in California.The project's aim is to piece together the puzzle of human evolution and document the genetic variation of the human species worldwide. The HGD Project i ...

(1 pages) 36 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Acid Rain in our World

amage it causes does affect many living animals and plants. Acid rain indirectly causes harm to our human species, since we eat these animals and plants. It is not only a problem in America, but all o ... pe 2). So basically, trees dying off can lead to a nasty chain reaction that could eventually reach humans.There is no doubt that acid rain is a major problem in the world today. It indirectly leads t ...

(6 pages) 77 1 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Five challenges

There are five items on my list of basic human challenges posed by genetics and genetic medicine. I discuss them in the order of their urgenc ... of importance.(1) We see now that we have both the technological capability and the desire to alter human persons, in some sense to alter even basic human nature. This is the most fundamental issue ra ... s the most fundamental issue raised by genetics and genetic medicine. From the earliest days of the human species, we have attempted to shape human nature by social conditioning and education, and now ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.4 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Gun Control

murder, theft, and power struggles. Who is to say that the gun is responsible for this fault of the human species? Gunpowder wasn't invented until thousands of years after the first man/woman.The bott ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Lakeland Swans

ns as if showing confusion, but I often wonder if it is a form of fowl humor to watch the impatient human species squirm in the anticipation of a chance to dart speedily around them and on with their ... ended on the fittest', the flock would have conquered proudly.I found it amazing to note the birds' human-like characteristics. I do have to say that I most likely would not have ever noted them if I ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing